Hackman was no different ... Off the top, we can count Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, and Dustin Hoffman amongst those. Some continue to work, and some have faded off into the sunset ...

Retired ex-cop and private detective Harry Ross (Paul Newman), who lives with rich actor Jack Ames (Gene Hackman), who is dying from cancer and his actress wife Catherine (Susan Sarandon ...