Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kids: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The show was about a group of young people who were members of a band, the Sundance Kids. They had a lot of fans, had records, signed autographs, etc. But the band was just a cover. Actually, the Sundance Kids were undercover members of the CIA. They posed as a band to lift suspicion off of them while they solved the cases assigned to them. They got their assignments from their 'manager' a branch of the CIA posing as The World Wide Talent Agency. The head of it was the manager, a huge computer called Mr. Socrates, who looked and sounded like HAL from '2001, A Space Oddessy', and who would contact the Sundance Kids va Butch's radio ring whenever he had an assignment for them. He would line up a gig for them so no one would wonder why musicians were there while they solved the case. There was at least one song in every episode. The characters: Butch Cassidy (seriously!): The Designated le...

Series details

• Title: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kids
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 1973-09-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 1973-12-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 20364
• TVDB ID: 74211

Cast and credited roles

• Lloyd Nelson "Chip" Hand, Jr. — Butch Cassidy
• Micky Dolenz — Wally
• Kristina Holland — Stephanie
• John Stephenson — Mr. Socrates
• Judy Strangis — Merilee
• Frank Welker — Elvis
• Cam Clarke — Vocalist

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1973-09-08; final listed air date 1973-12-01; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

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