The good-natured film from director George Roy Hill, one of the most popular (and highest-grossing) westerns ever made, revived the careers of two ""golden-boy"" Hollywood actors:superstar Paul Newman (in most of his previous films, he had been a rebellious loner -The Hustler (1961),Hud (1963), andCool Hand Luke (1967))newcomer Robert Redford - who had previously appeared in stage plays and only a few films (i.But his hands remble at the moment of the arrow""s release toward a live animal, and the shot veers into a tree trunk.Later in her life, she titled her autobiography "On the Other Hand" in memory of her squirming in Kong""s grip.Each of the main characters, living in despair, sought to choose more attractive or ""beautiful"" situations, materialistic objects, or people to align themselves with.