‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ premiered in New Haven, Connecticut 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1969)


Video: 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' trailer

(Tuesday, September 23, 1969, 8:30 p.m. EDT)Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, an American Western film about two free-spirited bank robbers who flee railroad detectives and head for Bolivia, premiered tonight at the Roger Sherman Theater in New Haven, Connecticut.

Directed by George Roy Hill, the film starred Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey and Henry Jones.