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
Inferno (1997 film) July. Filming for the first time in India, Ray recruited local Indian actors including television actor R. Madhavan and actress Deepti Bhatnagar to portray roles in the project. The film is reported to have done average business as a result of its video release. The film was later dubbed into Tamil as "Vegham" in 2001, to capitalize on Madhavan's new-found fame after "Alaipayuthey". Inferno (1997 film) Inferno (also released as Operation Cobra) is a 1997 feature film directed by Fred Olen Ray starring Don Wilson, Deepti Bhatnagar and R. Madhavan. Evan Lurie, Michael Cavanaugh and Tané McClure appear in other