Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman. Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the “Sundance Kid” (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The pair and Sundance’s lover, Etta Place (Katharine Ross), flee to Bolivia in search of a more successful criminal career.
- Starring : Paul Newman / Robert Redford
- Genre : Biography / Crime / Drama / Western
- Country : United States
- Language : English / Spanish
- Director : George Roy Hill
- Production : Campanile Productions / George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production / Newman-Foreman Company
- Distributor : Twentieth Century Fox / Centfox / Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. / Twentieth Century Fox Film Company / 20th Century Fox / Fox Films / MGM-Fox Films / 20th Century Fox Argentina / Columbia Pictures of Argentina / Magnetic Video / RCA (II) / 20th Century Fox Video / CBS/Fox / CBS Electronics / TV3 / Fox Video / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Mainostelevisio (MTV3) / Yleisradio (YLE) / Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment / Süddeutsche Zeitung / Fathom Events / 20th Century Fox India / Morava Film / CBS/Fox Video / Encore Entertainment / FS Film
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid movie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid release date
- September 23, 1969 : USA (New Haven, Connecticut) (premiere)
- September 24, 1969 : USA
- October 30, 1969 : Sweden
- December 23, 1969 : Spain (Barcelona)
- December 26, 1969 : Ireland
- December 29, 1969 : Spain (Madrid)
- February 5, 1970 : UK (London)
- February 6, 1970 : France
- February 6, 1970 : UK
- February 21, 1970 : Japan
- March 5, 1970 : Australia
- June 27, 1974 : USA (re-release)
- May 31, 1975 : Japan (re-release)
- June 22, 1977 : Spain
- December 18, 1987 : Spain (TV release)
- September 16, 1995 : Japan (re-release)
- June 27, 2001 : France (re-release)
- September 23, 2001 : Canada (Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival)
- October 23, 2009 : USA (New Haven, Connecticut) (special screening)
- February 23, 2011 : France (re-release)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid cast
- Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy
- Robert Redford as The Sundance Kid
- Katharine Ross as Etta Place
- Strother Martin as Percy Garris
- Henry Jones as Bike Salesman
- Jeff Corey as Sheriff Bledsoe
- George Furth as Woodcock
- Cloris Leachman as Agnes
- Ted Cassidy as Harvey Logan
- Kenneth Mars as Marshal
- Donnelly Rhodes as Macon
- Jody Gilbert as Large Woman
- Timothy Scott as News Carver
- Don Keefer as Fireman
- Charles Dierkop as Flat Nose Curry
In 1899 Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever, talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot “Sundance Kid”. The two return to their hideout at Hole-in-the-Wall (Wyoming) to discover that the rest of the gang, irked at Butch’s long absences, have selected Harvey Logan as their new leader.
Harvey challenges Butch to a knife fight over the gang’s leadership. Butch defeats him using trickery, but embraces Harvey’s idea to rob the Union Pacific Overland Flyer train on both its eastward and westward runs, agreeing that the second robbery would be unexpected and likely reap even more money than the first.
The first robbery goes well. To celebrate, Butch visits a favorite brothel in a nearby town and watches, amused, as the town marshal unsuccessfully attempts to organize a posse to track down the gang, only to have his address to the townsfolk hijacked by a friendly bicycle salesman (he calls it “the future”). Sundance visits his lover, schoolteacher Etta Place and they spend the night together. Butch joins up with them early the next morning, and takes Etta for a ride on his new bike.
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