Editing Cliff Robertson (section)

===Stardom===
''Charly'' was made by ABC Pictures, which insisted that [[Robert Aldrich]] use Robertson in ''[[Too Late the Hero (film)|Too Late the Hero]]'' (1970), a war film with [[Michael Caine]] that was a disappointment at the box office.

Robertson turned down roles in ''[[The Anderson Tapes]]'', ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (before Peckinpah was involved), and ''[[Dirty Harry]]''.<ref name="coop"/> Instead Robertson co-wrote, starred in, and directed ''[[J. W. Coop]]'' (1972), another commercial disappointment despite excellent reviews.

[[File:Lynn Garrison SV4.C Stampe painted for Cliff Robertson film project, Weston, Ireland, 1969.jpg|thumb|[[Lynn Garrison]]'s [[Stampe-Vertongen SV.4]] painted for a Robertson film project, Weston, Ireland, 1969]]

Looking back on his career, Robertson said: "nobody made more mediocre movies than I did. Nobody ever did such a wide variety of mediocrity".<ref name="coop">{{cite news|author=A. H.|date=July 16, 1972|title=Cliff Robertson flies the 'coop' to glory|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|id={{ProQuest|119540258}}}}</ref>

In 1969, immediately after winning the Academy Award for ''Charly'', Robertson, a lifelong aviation enthusiast, attempted to produce and direct an aviation film, ''[[I Shot Down the Red Baron, I Think]]'', featuring World War I aerial combat, using [[Lynn Garrison]]'s Irish aviation facility. The comedic storyline portrayed the Red Baron as gay. The aircraft featured garish paint schemes. The film was never completed or released.

Robertson played [[Cole Younger]] in ''[[The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid]]'' (1972) and a pilot in ''[[Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies]]'' (1973). He appeared in the 1974 thriller ''[[Man on a Swing]]'' and the 1975 British drama ''[[Out of Season (1975 film)|Out of Season]]''.