Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

Director:

George Roy Hill

Writer:

William Goldman

Stars:

Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross

Top 250 #145 | Won 4 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Newman	...	Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford	...	The Sundance Kid
Katharine Ross	...	Etta Place
Strother Martin	...	Percy Garris
Henry Jones	...	Bike Salesman
Jeff Corey	...	Sheriff Bledsoe
George Furth	...	Woodcock
Cloris Leachman	...	Agnes
Ted Cassidy	...	Harvey Logan
Kenneth Mars	...	Marshal
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Macon
Jody Gilbert	...	Large Woman
Timothy Scott	...	News Carver
Don Keefer	...	Fireman
Charles Dierkop	...	Flat Nose Curry

Storyline

Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters.

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Plot Keywords:

bolivia | escape | train | posse | gang | 

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Taglines:

Just for the fun of it!

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Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Crime | Western

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Certificate:

M

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

24 October 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

Butch Cassidy

Filming Locations:

Lake Sherwood, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$102,308,900 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Campanile Productions, Newman-Foreman Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color Black and White (Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Butch Cassidy' (Robert Leroy Parker) was so nick-named because he once worked in a butcher's shop whilst 'The Sundance Kid' (Harry Alonzo Longabaugh) was nick-named this because he once was arrested in the Wyoming town of Sundance.

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Goofs

The amount of straw that hits Butch Cassidy while he is riding the bicycle.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Butch Cassidy: What happened to the old bank? It was beautiful.
Guard: People kept robbing it.
Butch Cassidy: Small price to pay for beauty.

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Crazy Credits

The opening 20th Century-Fox logo is shown in sepia tone instead of the usual color scheme.

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Connections

Remake of The Three Outlaws (1956)

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Soundtracks

"Rock of Ages"
(uncredited)
Music by 'Thomas Hastings'
Lyrics by Augustus Montague Toplady

User Reviews

One word.....Excellent

I can remember seeing this movie, at the Colony Theater in Portsmouth Virginia, when it was first released. Since then, I've seen it at least 30 times, most recently last night. In my humble opinion, Paul Newman & Robert Redford made an excellent movie twosome 30 years ago [and expanded on it a few years later, in The Sting]. In reading the reviews submitted about this movie it makes me happy to see that most of the people agree with my opinion. How could you not like these characters, along with Etta, "those guys" following them and eventually Strother [who will always be remembered for his "what we have here is a failure to communicate" in Cool Hand Luke] Martin? Not to mention the scenes where Etta enters the picture, when Butch has to fight Logan, when they have to jump in the water and, of course, the ending sequence of events. I won't say "they don't make them like they used to", but this one is a keeper. And if you agree with my evaluation, and have a DVD player, watch the DVD that has interviews, etc., to give you an even better picture of this excellent movie.