Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

  • 89% of critics liked it
    (45 reviews)

  • 90% of users liked it
    (65,518 ratings)

Opening with a silent "movie" of Butch Cassidy's Hole in the Wall Gang, George Roy Hill's comically elegiac Western chronicles the mostly true tale of the outlaws' last months. Witty pals Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) join the Gang in successfully robbing yet another train with… More

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PG, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
George Roy Hill
Written By
William Goldman
Genres
Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
In Theaters
Oct 24, 1969 Wide
On DVD
May 16, 2000
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    You have to admire the craft and assurance of the thing even as its artificiality hits you in the face.

  • , TIME Magazine

    Every character, every scene, is marred by the film's double view, which oscillates between sympathy and farce.

  • Whitney Willaims, Variety

    The John Foreman production is episodic, but George Roy Hill's direction is so satisfying in catching the full value of the Goldman screenplay that a high degree of interest is sustained.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    William Goldman's script is constantly too cute and never gets up the nerve, by God, to admit it's a Western.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    Very funny in a strictly contemporary way-the last exuberant word on movies about the men of the mythic American West who have outlived their day.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • paul s


    For my 300th review I recently viewed the "classic' film Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. My recollection of this film was that it was very fresh, exciting, and cutting edge filmmaking. Sadly, as is so often the case when something is a very much a product of it's… More

  • Kase V


    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is an iconic film all around, but it's not always a perfect picture. It's minor flaws are overshadowed by it's two stars, a great script, and brilliant cinematography. It has sweep and scope, and plenty of memorable scenes and lines.… More

  • xGary X


    Legendary outlaws Butch and Sundance rob one too many trains and an elite force of lawmen force them to relocate to Bolivia. Yet another of Hollywood's romantic reinterpretations of history featuring outlaws who are lovable rogues who don't want to hurt anyone, George Roy… More

  • Tim S


    Fantastic character film. Although not really very, I dunno, westerney. At least to me. It's more about the characters than the surroundings anyways. The music is a little dodgy and out of date in places, but other than that I love it.

  • AJ V


    I don't normally like westerns, but this movie was good. The cast is good first of all, and the story is both sweet and exciting. It's more like a combination of a period piece and Bonnie and Clyde, and less of a normal western. It's a really great movie.

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