Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid "Bonnie and Clyde. ..." we don't believe it, and we walk out of the theater wondering what happened to that great movie we were seeing until an hour ago." The Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay #11 on its list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written. Over time, major American movie reviewers have been widely favorable. Rotten Tomatoes, a film review aggregator, gives 89% "Certified fresh" favorable score based on 46 reviews with an average score of 8.2/10, the site's critical consensus reads With its iconic pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, jaunty screenplay and Burt Bacharach score,
Donnelly Rhodes (2004–09), Rhodes played Chief Medical Officer Sherman Cottle who smoked cigarettes in most scenes. Most recently Rhodes played Mr. Decker, Rufus Decker's father, in the two seasons of "The Romeo Section" on CBC in 2015-2016. His film appearances were fewer but included roles in "Gunfight in Abilene" (1967), "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), "Change of Mind" (1969), "The Neptune Factor" (1973), "Goldenrod" (1976), "Oh! Heavenly Dog" (1980), "Urban Safari" (1996), and "" (2010). In February 2009, the Union of British Columbia Performers honoured Rhodes with the Sam Payne Award for Lifetime Achievement. Rhodes provided the voice of the