Katharine Ross Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), co-starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. After appearing in "The Graduate", a part for which she received an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe as New Star of the Year, she said, "I'm not a movie star...that system is dying and I'd like to help it along." She also won a BAFTA for her part as an Indian in "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" (1969). Ross turned down several roles (including Jacqueline Bisset's role in "Bullitt") before accepting the part in "Butch Cassidy". Afterward she turned down several more roles, including a part
Borsalino (film) sales went through the roof. Alain Delon said he wanted a title like "Vera Cruz" which did not have to be translated all around the world. The film was a large success at the French box office, breaking records throughout the country. It had admissions in France of 4 710 381. This made it the fourth most watched film of the year, after "The Gendarme Takes Off", "Atlantic Wall", and "Rider on the Rain". It was followed by "The Red Circle", "MASH", "Once Upon a Time in the West", "Things of Life", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Donkey Skin"