Alias Smith and Jones 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. (Universal contract player Ben Murphy was offered to the producers because he was considered a Paul Newman lookalike.) A number of similarities are seen between the film and the TV series: One of the lead characters in the film was called Harvey Logan (played by Ted Cassidy). In real life, Harvey Logan, also known by the nickname of Kid Curry, was an associate of the real Butch Cassidy, and unlike the TV version, was a cold-blooded killer. The TV series also featured a group of robbers
Gunmen of the Apocalypse Laredo a Wild West reenactment town in Kent. The title is a reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The plot of a drunken sheriff defending his town against an incoming gang of cowboys parodies "Rio Bravo". The artificial reality and wild west plot also shows similarities to the "" episode "Spectre of the Gun", and to the ""'s episode "A Fistful of Datas". The episode also has references to the 1971 film "Gumshoe", which the AR game of the same name is based on, and "Butch Accountant and the Yuppie Kid" references the 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and