Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in search of a more successful criminal career. In 2003, the film was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The American Film Institute ranked "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" as the 73rd-greatest American film on its "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)" list. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were ranked 20th greatest heroes on "AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains". In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever, talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion
Buffalo Bill, Jr. visits the town while eluding a posse led by Sheriff Pat Garrett of Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory. At least two episodes, including "Runaway Renegade", focus on former members of the Jesse James gang. In "First Posse", Buffalo Bill, Jr. meets Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday as they pursue an outlaw gang in southwest Texas. Other segments introduce the outlaws Kid Curry, Johnny Ringo, Butch Cassidy, and the Wild Bunch, long before the television series "Alias Smith and Jones" and "Johnny Ringo" and the 1969 film, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". The Dell Comics' series "Buffalo Bill Jr." (given