Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid the Sundance Kid's character before. Other actors considered for the role of Sundance were Steve McQueen and Warren Beatty, who both turned it down, with Beatty claiming that the film was too similar to "Bonnie and Clyde". According to Goldman, McQueen and Newman both read the scripts at the same time and agreed to do the film. McQueen eventually backed out of the film due to disagreements with Newman. The two actors would eventually team up in the 1974 disaster film "The Towering Inferno". The world premiere of the movie was in September 1969, at the Roger Sherman Theater, in
Dabney Coleman his career included a US Olympic skiing team coach in the 1969 "Downhill Racer", a high-ranking fire chief in "The Towering Inferno" (1974), and a wealthy Westerner in "Bite the Bullet" (1975). He portrayed an FBI agent in "" (1975). He landed the main antagonist part of Franklin Hart, Jr., a sexist boss on whom three female office employees get their revenge in 1980's "Nine to Five". It was this film that established Coleman in the character type he is most identified with and has frequently played since - a comic relief villain. Coleman followed "Nine to Five" with the