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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969
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Bicycles, The Sundance Kid, Ships, Gambling, Union Pacific Railroad, Outlaws, Schoolteachers, Sheriffs, Posses, Dynamite

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Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
Director: George Roy Hill
Writer: William Goldman
Cinematographer: Conrad Hall
Editor: John C. Howard, Richard C. Meyer
Production Designers: Jack Martin Smith, Philip Jefferies
Production Company: Campanile Productions, Inc.

At the time of BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969), Paul Newman was a much bigger star than Robert Redford, but this film catapulted Redford into celebrity. Originally planning to feature Steve McQueen alongside Newman, director George Roy Hill defied studio advice and gave Redford a shot. Hill later directed Redford and Newman in THE STING… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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