Mitchum's next five films received mostly negative reviews. He was considered miscast as an indecisive lawyer in Robert Wise's romantic drama Two for the Seesaw (1962), opposite Shirley MacLaine. Two years after turning down The Misfits, he appeared in a cameo in Huston's The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), regarded as one of the director's weaker efforts. Rampage (1963), an adventure film shot in Hawaii that he made for a family vacation, starred him opposite Elsa Martinelli and Jack Hawkins as a big-game trapper vying for the affections of a hunter's girlfriend during an expedition to capture a tiger-leopard hybrid. It was viewed as either absurd or dull by critics. Guy Hamilton's courtroom drama Man in the Middle (1964) cast him as a defense attorney, with his performance perceived as lethargic. He was reunited with MacLaine as one of her all-star husbands in the comedy What a Way to Go!. It was one of the ten highest-grossing films of the year, but critics found it disjointed and overlong.
Mitchum's next five films received mostly negative reviews He was considered miscast as an indecisive lawyer in Robert Wise's romantic drama Two for the Seesaw (1962) opposite Shirley MacLaine Two years after turning down The Misfits he appeared in a cameo in Huston's The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) regarded as one of the director's weaker efforts Rampage (1963) an adventure film shot in Hawaii that he made for a family vacation starred him opposite Elsa Martinelli and Jack Hawkins as a big-game trapper vying for the affections of a hunter's girlfriend during an expedition to capture a tiger-leopard hybrid It was viewed as either absurd or dull by critics Guy Hamilton's courtroom drama Man in the Middle (1964) cast him as a defense attorney with his performance perceived as lethargic He was reunited with MacLaine as one of her all-star husbands in the comedy What a Way to Go It was one of the ten highest-grossing films of the year but critics found it disjointed and overlong