Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman (who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film). Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid" (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The pair and Sundance's lover, Etta Place (Katharine Ross), flee to Bolivia
Brian Cassidy . Winters was excited about the changes in Cassidy's character; while Cassidy was young and immature in the first season, he had become more jaded in the years since, and Winters believed the audience was left in suspense in the 14th-season premiere not knowing whether Cassidy was corrupt or not. The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Detective Cassidy, as seen in "Internal Affairs". After the premiere of "SVU", "Variety's" Phil Gallo felt that Cassidy was not given much to do, and what he comes up with is an "irksome single note". "Entertainment Weekly"s Bruce Fretts