Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Movie Review 1969

Two legendary outlaws at the turn of the century take it on the lam with a beautiful, willing ex-school teacher. With a clever script, humanly fallible characters, and warm, witty dialogue, this film was destined to become a classic. Featured the hit song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" and renewed the buddy film industry, as Newman and Redford trade insult for insult. Look for the great scene where Newman takes on giant Ted Cassidy in a fist fight.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Fugitives, Pardners, Road Trip, Great Death Scenes, Great Escapes, Top Grossing Films of 1969, Anti-Heroes, Screen Teams: Redford & Newman, Bicycling, Director/Star Teams: Hill & Newman, Biopics: Cops & Robbers, Heists: Trains, South America, 4 Bones

Screenplay

William Goldman

Cast

Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Jeff Corey, Strother Martin, Cloris Leachman, Kenneth Mars, Ted Cassidy, Henry Jones, George Furth, Sam Elliott

Cinematography

Conrad L. Hall

Director

George Roy Hill

Music

Burt Bacharach

Producer

20th Century-Fox

Awards

Oscars 1969: Cinematog., Song ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"), Story & Screenplay, Orig. Score; AFI 1998: Top 100; British Acad. 1970: Actor (Redford), Actress (Ross), Director (Hill), Film, Screenplay; Golden Globes 1970: Score, Natl. Film Reg. 2003;; Writers Guild 1969: Adapt. Screenplay.