Wanted: Butch Cassidy. These signs are all over the wild west and of course, they pop up in Wyoming where ex-con Philip Carey is preparing to return to his hometown to reconnect with his old love Martha Hyer and make a new life while proving he's changed. That won't be easy with Butch and his gang casing the town bank and before the gang is even out of town after the robbery, Carey is being excommunicated once again. Determined to clear his name, Carey infiltrates the gang once again, aiding them in a train robbery which Hyer just happens to be on. Tension between Butch (Gene Evans) and his gang arise over both Carey and Hyer's presence which aids Carey in his efforts to bring the gang down.
Easy on the eye and fast moving, this ain't no "High Noon", but Carey is a likable hero. "One Life to Live" fans will delight in seeing the future "Asa Buchannan" (daytime's answer to J.R. Ewing) in the lead role. Of course, the legend of Butch and Sundance (played here by William Bishop) has been told in a far more detailed and better film. There's a great show-down late in the film where the women of the town get together and prove that they are capable of more than just washing the laundry by hand, cooking for their roughneck men and becoming the mothers of future cowboys.
Easy on the eye and fast moving, this ain't no "High Noon", but Carey is a likable hero. "One Life to Live" fans will delight in seeing the future "Asa Buchannan" (daytime's answer to J.R. Ewing) in the lead role. Of course, the legend of Butch and Sundance (played here by William Bishop) has been told in a far more detailed and better film. There's a great show-down late in the film where the women of the town get together and prove that they are capable of more than just washing the laundry by hand, cooking for their roughneck men and becoming the mothers of future cowboys.