Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Crime, Western
20th Century Fox  (1969) 110 mins PG

8.2 (45,421 votes) Top 250: #150
One of the most popular screen westerns ever made, this Academy Award winning classic blends adventure, romance and comedy to tell the true story of the West's most likeable outlaws. No one is quicker than Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) when it comes to get rich quick schemes, and his sidekick Sundance (Robert Redford) is a wizard with a gun. When these two bungling bank and train robbers tire of running from the law, they set out for Bolivia with Sundance's girlfriend (Katharine Ross). Though they can barely speak enough Spanish to communicate 'This is a stick-up', that's only a minor detail to the two nicest "bad-guys" who ever rode the West....

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Cast and Crew
Katharine Ross  ......  Etta Place
Robert Redford  ......  The Sundance Kid
Paul Newman  ......  Butch Cassidy
Strother Martin  ......  Percy Garris
Henry Jones  ......  Bike Salesman
Jeff Corey  ......  Sheriff Bledsoe
Director  .....  George Roy Hill
Producer  .....  John Foreman; Paul Monash
Writer  .....  William Goldman
Notes
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: While the second train robbery is taking place, the Pinkertons arrive on the special train. The shot of the special train engine coming to a stop right in front of the camera was obviously filmed with the engine starting close to the camera and backing up, then the shot was run in reverse. Notice the steam is returning to the engine instead of coming out of it. (more)

Trivia:
The river jump was shot at the studio's Century Ranch near Malibu, CA. Paul Newman's and Robert Redford's stuntmen actually jumped off of a construction crane by Century Lake. The crane was obscured by a matte painting of the cliffs. Newman and Reford start the jump in Colorado, but only land on a mattress. (more)

Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

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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Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 11 nominations (more)