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Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy

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Set in 1950s Utah and filmed on location there, "Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy" depicts 16-year old Roy Parker's search for the truth about his great-uncle, the infamous real-life Western outlaw Butch Cassidy (the alias of LeRoy Parker). The fatherless youth must overcome the opposition of his determined granddad, who scolds him, "I spent the better part of my life trying to live down the reputation that your hero has laid out for the Parker name and you grow up worshipping him." After a jailbreak engineered by Jess, his best friend, Roy and Jess are joined by two other teens in a chase for Cassidy's buried treasure, pursued by dangerous criminals. Superb cinematography takes full advantage of Utah's rugged scenery in exciting chase sequences by automobile, river raft, steam train, and even airplane. Roy Parker is played by handsome Ryan Kelley, familiar to viewers of the "Smallville" TV series. Only an implausible ending detracts from this entertaining family film, suitable for all ages.

I liked this enough to order a copy after seeing it on cable one night. A great old fashioned treasure hunt story that is part Hardy Boys, Indiana Jones, and Spin and Marty. Fairly realistic young adult characters for the time period, with avoidance of stereotypes. During three fleeing scenes they would yell "Go!Go!Go!Go!" which is a popular (and somewhat overused) modern expression from military and police shows. Never heard it used prior to about ten years or so ago. But this is easily forgiven and the plot is a good one. And I thought the Butch Cassidy element was refreshingly clever, as his sister and many who knew him including other family members said he survived Bolivia, and of all the outlaws who supposedly survived their own death, Butch is probably the most likely to have actually done this.

Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy

This is a great movie, I didn't want it to end. Great for the whole family. Full of adventure and mystery. I can't believe that I had never heard of it before. I saw the trailer on Forever Strong, not available locally, so I went to Amazon and there it was. I am delighted with this purchase,

For this movie being straight to dvd it was pretty good. The story was good and so were the actors. this movie was great

Loved the Ending!

We watched this movie for family time and it was really good.

I wish there were more movies out there like this one!

This movie adds a touch of mystery to the story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Were they really killed in South America? You watch it and be the judge of that. Enjoy. The Railroad man

A very entertaining and light hearted western/50's movie. The cast and set are excellent. The comedy and drama are blended well. I definitely recommend this one.

We have been waiting for this movie to come out so that we could purchase it! Our family saw it at the Heartland Film festival and we couldn't wait to share it with friends. We need more movies like this for clean family fun and entertainment!

Good plot, believeable characters, no cussing or nudity.
Beautiful Utah scenery. In short, good clean fun for the whole family!

We love this movie, it is adventurous and fun. But the reason we purchased it is because it is totally clean, no low cut shirts at all! We love that everyone is modest.