At times entertaining, this is a highly speculative work of fiction that presents a 'what if' on the saga of Etta Place, girlfriend, and some say wife of Harry 'The Sundance Kid' Longabaugh. The whereabouts and fate of the real Etta Place (even her real name is in dispute) are shrouded in mystery, one of the more compelling puzzles in the history of the Old West.
So for what it is, the picture offers up a scenario in which Etta (Elizabeth Montgomery) remains on the run following her adventures with Butch and Sundance, staying a step ahead of the law and bounty hunters determined to take advantage of her capture. The only real attempt at a connection to the original 1969 movie occurred when Jack Maddox (Robert Foxworth) and Etta arrived at her former homestead, and the old 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head' bicycle showed up with the tune lightly playing in the background.
It's probably a plus that the movie didn't try to subvert the legend of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, even if part of the story line dealt with the Kid's survival following the Bolivian ambush. More recent historical research suggests that Robert Leroy Parker might have made it, but if you go with that theory you probably also caught an Elvis sighting.
One observation that came to me while watching was the striking resemblance Foxworth had to another legendary actor, Steve McQueen. I really never noticed it before, and I used to catch him all the time back in the day in shows like 'Falcon Crest' and made for TV flicks of the Eighties. Born roughly a decade later than McQueen, it might have made sense to cast him in the lead on the life of the celebrated actor, but I'd say that that clock has run out by now.
So for what it is, the picture offers up a scenario in which Etta (Elizabeth Montgomery) remains on the run following her adventures with Butch and Sundance, staying a step ahead of the law and bounty hunters determined to take advantage of her capture. The only real attempt at a connection to the original 1969 movie occurred when Jack Maddox (Robert Foxworth) and Etta arrived at her former homestead, and the old 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head' bicycle showed up with the tune lightly playing in the background.
It's probably a plus that the movie didn't try to subvert the legend of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, even if part of the story line dealt with the Kid's survival following the Bolivian ambush. More recent historical research suggests that Robert Leroy Parker might have made it, but if you go with that theory you probably also caught an Elvis sighting.
One observation that came to me while watching was the striking resemblance Foxworth had to another legendary actor, Steve McQueen. I really never noticed it before, and I used to catch him all the time back in the day in shows like 'Falcon Crest' and made for TV flicks of the Eighties. Born roughly a decade later than McQueen, it might have made sense to cast him in the lead on the life of the celebrated actor, but I'd say that that clock has run out by now.