A motion picture was written by William Goldman and directed by George Roy Hill.

It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical), Best Music, Song (Burt Bacharach and Hal David for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head") & Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced. It was nominated for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Sound. It was one of a top grossing films whenever it come out &, partially due to subsequent re-releases, is, adjusted for inflation, among a top Centred grossing film. A film grossed all about $102.Three million domestically across 1974, making it one of a virtually all successful films ever inside adjusted for inflation terms. Although there are no information on the film's worldwide gross is readily available, a film is used when getting grossed further money worldwide than Goldfinger 1964, which grossed $124.9 million worldwide, and less money worldwide than Thunderball 1965, which grossed $141.2 million worldwide. This makes Butch Cassidy & a Sundance Child one of a top X grossing films of the decade of the 1960.

Them starring roles were originally offered to Warren Beatty and Steve McQueen. Possibly Marlon Brando was considered at one point. Once Newman & Redford come aboard, originally their roles were reversed, sustaining Newman when Sundance & Redford when Cassidy. Originally, Dog did non desire Redford to play a section, however director George Roy Hill persisted. Redford has noted that this film catapulted him to stardom & changed his career forever.

A Sundance Film Festival, begun by Robert Redford, is named for his role therein film, when is his Utah ski resort, Sundance.

Inside 2003 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" & selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.