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Outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob trains until a relentless posse drives them from Wyoming toward Bolivia.

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Butch Cassidy leads the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, while the Sundance Kid supplies its most dependable gun. After repeated train robberies draw an unusually persistent posse, the two outlaws and schoolteacher Etta Place consider a new start in Bolivia.

Why it belongs

Newman and Redford sustain a buoyant, melancholy friendship through a fading-West pursuit, using banter, charisma, and shared improvisation to keep loss at bay.

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George Roy Hill offsets frontier danger with freeze-frames, Burt Bacharach's modern songs, comic reversals, and Conrad Hall's burnished landscapes—Newman and Redford's relaxed timing makes the outlaws' friendship feel both spontaneous and already endangered.

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Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 10073
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness8.9
Engagement9.4
Ease9.2

English · Not Rated
Narrative Feature
Mood: Serious & Intense