Rotten
You have to admire the craft and assurance of the thing even as its artificiality hits you in the face.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Not that it matters, but most of it is true.
1969 · 1h 51m · PG
Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Directed by
George Roy Hill
Overview
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.
Director and cast
- George Roy Hill Director
- Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy
- Robert Redford as Sundance Kid
- Katharine Ross as Etta Place
- Strother Martin as Percy Garris
- Henry Jones as Bike Salesman
- Jeff Corey as Sheriff Ray Bledsoe
- George Furth as Woodcock
- Cloris Leachman as Agnes
- Ted Cassidy as Harvey Logan
- Kenneth Mars as Marshal
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Whitney Willaims, Variety
Rotten
William Goldman's script is constantly too cute and never gets up the nerve, by God, to admit it's a Western.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
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.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Although Butch Cassidy wasn't the first movie to pair up a couple of wisecracking best friends in an action/adventure setting, this film became the model of how well that approach could work when done right.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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