Getting Replaced
Every actor has his good day and his less-than-good-day. Elliott was cast as a white lawyer sent to defend a black man wrongfully accused of murdering two white policemen in The Ambush Murder.
During the filming, Elliot became very sick and the director decided to replace him with James Brolin.
Making It Official
From the first time that Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross clicked, they never separated. In 1984 they made the decision to get married, and again the media and public were watching with interest. They had their first and only child, a daughter, whom they named Cleo Rose.
Their daughter was the love of their life, but years later they would have many issues to deal with.