Editing William Goldman (section)

===Screenwriter===
[[Cliff Robertson]] read an early draft of ''No Way to Treat a Lady'' and hired Goldman to adapt the short story ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'' for the movies.  Before he had even finished the script, Robertson recommended him to do some rewriting on the spy spoof ''[[Masquerade (1965 film)|Masquerade]]'' (1965), in which Robertson was starring. Goldman did that, then finished the ''Algernon'' script.<ref>Brady p 95</ref>  Robertson disliked it, though, and hired [[Stirling Silliphant]], instead, to work on what became ''[[Charly (1968 film)|Charly]]'' (1968).<ref name= queenan /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tyler |first=Ralph |date=November 12, 1978 |title='Butch Cassidy' Was My Western, 'Magic' Is My Hitchcock |page=D23 |work=The New York Times |location=New York, NY}}</ref>

Producer [[Elliot Kastner]] had optioned the film rights to ''Boys and Girls Together''. Goldman suggested that Kastner make a film of the [[Lew Archer]] novels of [[Ross Macdonald]] and offered to do an adaptation. Kastner agreed, and Goldman chose ''[[The Moving Target]]''. The result was ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]'' (1966) starring [[Paul Newman]], which was a big hit.<ref>Brady p 91</ref>