Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Released Date
September 23, 1969
Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Western
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$102,308,889 + $1,808 = $102,310,697
$102,308,889 + $1,808 = $102,310,697
About Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia.
About
Western about an outlaw duo on the run after a string of train robberies. The film won four Academy Awards including Best Song for Burt Bacharach and Hal David for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head."
Trivia
The film is loosely based in fact. William Goldman first came across the story of Butch Cassidy in the late 1950s and researched for eight years before writing the screenplay.