The Legend of Butch & Sundance The Legend of Butch & Sundance The Legend of Butch & Sundance is a 2004 television film directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Butch Cassidy receives a pardon after being incarcerated for a year under the condition that he does not commit any more crimes in Wyoming. He later joins forces with the Sundance Kid and his relative Mike Cassidy's gang as adversaries of the Pinkerton Agency. The gang becomes known as the Wild Bunch after Mike Cassidy dies. A love triangle develops between Butch, Sundance, and photographer Etta Place. Originally, "The Legend of Butch
Butch Cassidy façade for clandestine activities, perhaps with Hole-in-the-Wall outlaws. In early 1894, Cassidy became involved romantically with outlaw and rancher Ann Bassett. Bassett's father, rancher Herb Bassett, did business with Cassidy, supplying him with fresh horses and beef. That same year, Cassidy was arrested at Lander, Wyoming, for stealing horses and possibly for running a protection racket among the local ranchers there. He was imprisoned in the Wyoming State Prison in Laramie, Wyoming. After serving 18 months of a two-year sentence, Cassidy was released and pardoned in January 1896 by Governor William Alford Richards. He became involved briefly with Ann Bassett's