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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Play trailer Poster for Butch and Sundance: The Early Days PG,  1979,  1h 51m,  Western/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 33% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 51% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
33% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Prequel to the 1969 western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in which a gang of bank robbers arrives in a small town disguised as preachers. However, their plot is confounded by the presence of a band of Mexican outlaws, and their incompetence at thieving soon shows through.

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Variety Staff Variety Feb 23, 2012
This prequel doesn't match its progenitor in either casting or style. Go to Full Review
Stephen Farber New West/California Nov 3, 2021
The entire movie seems slightly bloodless. Go to Full Review
Bernard Drew Gannett News Service Sep 20, 2019
It's all pretty bland stuff. Go to Full Review
Augusto Martínez Torres El Pais (Spain) Aug 6, 2019
The main appeal of the movie is the long final scene of the train robbery, where the visual gags are entertaining, appropriate, and well placed. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews May 22, 2011
1.5/4
...there's just no storyline holding the whole thing together. Go to Full Review
Shane Burridge rec.arts.movies.reviews Jun 28, 2003
Many quirky spins on familiar standards Go to Full Review
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Luke S Mar 5, 2017 Always enjoyed this look back at these characters, and the cast is great. The first-ever "prequel."
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Cast & Crew

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Richard Lester

Director

William Katt

The Sundance Kid

Tom Berenger

Butch Cassidy

Jill Eikenberry

Mary Parker

Jeff Corey

Sheriff Ray Bledsoe

Paul Plunkett

Bob Cassidy

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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

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Movie Info

Synopsis Prequel to the 1969 western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in which a gang of bank robbers arrives in a small town disguised as preachers. However, their plot is confounded by the presence of a band of Mexican outlaws, and their incompetence at thieving soon shows through.
Director
Richard Lester
Producer
Gabriel Katzka, Steven Bach
Screenwriter
Allan Burns
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
PG
Genre
Western, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 15, 1979, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 19, 2020
Runtime
1h 51m
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