American Experience S26E4: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Aired: 2014-02-11
- Time: 20:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview
In an era in which cold-blooded killers such as Jesse James and the Younger Brothers terrorized the American West, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and their Wild Bunch gang took a smart and methodical approach to bank and train robbery. In the 1890s, their thrilling exploits — robbing banks and trains and then seemingly vanishing into thin air — became front-page news and the basis of rumor and myth, captivating Americans from coast to coast.