In 1970 , Dunaway took a supporting role as a favor to Arthur Penn in his western , '' Little Big Man '' . In a rare comic role , Dunaway played the sexually frustrated wife of a minister who helps raise and seduce a boy raised by Native Americans , played by Dustin Hoffman . The film was widely praised by critics and was one of Dunaway 's few commercial successes at this point . That same year , she appeared in the lead role in '' Puzzle of a Downfall Child '' ( 1970 ) , an experimental drama directed by Jerry Schatzberg and inspired by the life of model Anne St. Marie . The film failed to generate commercial interest , though it earned for Dunaway a second Golden Globe nomination , for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama . The film remained in obscurity over 40 years , until it was revived at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in honor of Dunaway . Her next role was in the western '' Doc '' ( 1971 ) , which tells the story of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and of one of its protagonists , Doc Holliday . During the filming , Dunaway realized how much she missed working . That same year , she went on to make the French thriller '' The Deadly Trap '' with Frank Langella . It was a chance for her to work with one of the most widely respected postwar directors in France , René Clément . The film was screened only five months after the first day of shooting at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival , but was not entered into the main competition
2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
Faye Dunaway