Playboy Interview: Lee Marvin

Playboy Interview: Lee MarvinWhen Lee Marvin loped to the stage of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in April 1966 to accept an Oscar for his tour-de-force performance in "Cat Ballou," his granitic features creased into a rare smile. After 19 years and 40 memorable roles in forgettable films as a belligerent bully--the screen's definitive villain--he had finally proved himself as an actor and made the big time as a good guy. The vehicle for his transformation was a low-budget lampoon o...