Butch Cassidy
Butch Cassidy was the alias of Robert LeRoy Parker (1866–1908?), an American outlaw who led the Wild Bunch gang in a series of bank and train robberies across the American West.
He and the Sundance Kid fled to South America around 1901, where they reportedly died in a shootout with Bolivian soldiers.
The 1969 film made their names iconic shorthand for charming outlaws on the run.
Andean republic, two capitals
- PinkertonStoried American detective firm
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
Sundance Kid · Argentina · South America · alias · on the lam · disappearance · exile · evasion
Armed roadside thief
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- gunmanArmed violent person
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
rustler · highwayman · lawbreaker · felon · gangster · renegade · wanted · bounty
Celebrated figure from tradition
- Robin HoodLegendary forest-dwelling archer
- daringAdventurous courage
- mythosBody of foundational legends
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
tall tales · antihero · charismatic · infamy · iconic · romanticized · Paul Newman · film
Bolivia
Andean republic, two capitals
Sundance Kid · flight · Argentina · South America · alias · on the lam · disappearance · exile · evasion · chase
bandit
Armed roadside thief
criminal · rustler · highwayman · lawbreaker · felon · gangster · renegade · wanted · bounty · holdup
folk hero
Celebrated figure from tradition
- Robin HoodLegendary forest-dwelling archer
- daringAdventurous courage
- mythosBody of foundational legends
ballads · tall tales · antihero · charismatic · infamy · iconic · romanticized · Paul Newman · film · Hollywood
frontier
Edge of settlement
- cowboysRanch hands tending herds
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
stagecoach · six-shooter · saddle · mustang · cattle · territory · homestead · bandana · chaps · lasso
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- 60s CinemaDr. Strangelove, The Graduate, Easy Rider, Bonnie and Clyde, Lawrence of Arabia
- gunslingersgunslinger, gunfighter, gunman, quickdraw, fast draw
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, robber
- Bank RobbersJohn Dillinger, Jesse James, Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson
- California MusicDr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, N.W.A., Ice Cube, Tupac
Butch CassidyWyatt Earp
Old West lawman
lawman · sheriff · Texas Ranger · bounty hunter · deputy
butcher, butchery, butchering, butchers, butchered, butcher's, butches, Cassidy