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The Old West was coming to an end. Two legendary outlaws refused to go with it. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidas leaders of the Wild Bunch, they planned and executed the most daring bank and train robberies of the day, with a professionalism never before seen by authorities. For several years at the end of the 1890s, the two friends, along with a revolving cast who made up their band of thieves, eluded local law enforcement and bounty hunters, all while stealing from the rich bankers and eastern railroad corporations who exploited western land. The close calls were many, but Butch and Sundance always managed to escape to rob again another daythat is, until they rode headlong into the 20th century. Read more