BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (Theatrical Release USA 1969)

 Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.4|5.0 Starsìììì 

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid—WONDERFUL acting by Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Katherine Ross—uses color to good effect for transitioning scenes. The storyline holds its own from beginning to end and serves the western movie fan well with an offbeat story that thoroughly explores the other side of the traditional good guy in white hat hero delivers the bad robbers to the bench of justice. Watch for Actor Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch in the original Addams Family television series from 1964 through 1966. 

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Storyline 

Two friends make their living through robbery and must find safer places to live to be free of punishment. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director George Roy Hill for directing effort. Thank you to Producer John Foreman for making the film possible. Characters/cast include: Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), Sundance (Robert Redford), Etta Place (Katharine Ross), Percy Garris(Strother Martin), Bike Salesman (Henry Jones), Sheriff Bledsoe (Jeff Corey), Woodcock (George Furth), Agnes (Cloris Leachman), Harvey Logan (Ted Cassidy), Marshal (Kenneth Mars), Macon (Donnelly Rhodes), News Carver (Timothy Scott), Flat Nose Curry (Charles Dierkop), Card Players 1 and 2 (Paul Bryar and Sam Elliott), and Large Woman on Train (Jody Gilbert). 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. The movie serves up an exceptionally charismatic story quite different from the usual western movie theme.

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