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
Buddy film buddy film pushes them out of the center of the narrative... By making both protagonists men, the central issue of the film becomes the growth and development of their friendship. Women as potential love interests are thus eliminated from the narrative space." The buddy films of these decades were also hybridized with road movies. The decades' buddy films included "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), "Easy Rider" (1969), "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974), and "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975). The "Los Angeles Times" said films like "Scarecrow" (1973) and "All the President's Men" (1974) reflected the "paranoia and