Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid — Internet Archive

The end came in . On November 6, 1908, a Bolivian cavalry regiment surrounded their hut. According to local reports, after a prolonged gunfight, Sundance shot a mortally wounded Butch, then turned the gun on himself. An alternate theory (promoted by Cassidy’s family) claims Butch returned to the U.S. and died in 1937 in Spokane, Washington. The 1969 Film vs. Historical Reality | Film (Redford/Newman) | Historical fact | |---------------------------|----------------------| | Both die in a blaze of glory | Possibly suicide; Butch may have survived | | Etta leaves them in Argentina | She returned to the U.S. earlier, fate unknown | | Bolivia shootout with soldiers | Yes — confirmed by multiple sources | | Butch is the planner, Sundance the shooter | Largely accurate |