The actor’s raw sexuality was never on more explicit display than in Hud, Martin Ritt’s 1963 drama about a self-centered, arrogant Texas cattleman, insensitive to the needs of others

Nowhere was Beatty’s alleged prowess with women more savvily exploited than in Hal Ashby’s Shampoo, a rollicking satire of sexual politics and political sexuality in Nixon-era America.

This great movie, which deservedly won the 2016 Best Picture Oscar, is defined by the sensual vitality of self-discovery and romantic yearning that most adolescents experience.