What was Cliff Robertson’s most memorable role?
— as JFK in “PT 109”
— as the Nixon-like Cantwell in “The Best Man”
— as the guy who loses Kim Novak to William Holden in “Picnic”
— as the fellow who falls in love with the same woman twice in “Obsession”
— as the mentally-impaired bigamist whose wives are Joan Crawford and Vera Miles in “Autumn Leaves”
— as the clueless CIA guy in “Three Days of the Condor”
For extra credit,
(1) Would you have voted for Henry Fonda or his opponent in “The Best Man”?
(2) Who wrote the American lyrics for “Autumn Leaves”?
(3) Compare Genevieve Bujold, New Orleans and Florence in “Obsession” with Kim Novak and San Francisco in “Vertigo.”
From the archive; first posted March 23, 2018
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Author: The Best American Poetry
