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Bonnie and Clyde
In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow, and together they start a violent crime spree throughout the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
1967 · Directed by Arthur Penn · 111 min · Crime · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 18 frames
Tagline
They’re young… they’re in love… and they kill people.
Plot
During the Great Depression, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker of Texas meet when Clyde tries to steal Bonnie's mother's car. Bored with her job as a waitress, Bonnie becomes intrigued by Clyde and decides to partner with him in crime. They pull off some holdups, but their amateur efforts, while exciting, are not very lucrative. Bonnie and Clyde turn from small-time heists to bank robbing.
The duo's crime spree shifts into high gear once they hook up with a dim-witted gas station attendant, C.W. Moss. Their exploits also become more violent. After C.W. botches parking during a bank robbery and delays their escape, Clyde shoots the bank manager in the face when he jumps onto the slow-moving car's running board. Clyde's older brother, Buck, and his wife, Blanche, a preacher's daughter, also join them. The two women develop an immediate dislike for each other, which only intensifies over time. Blanche has nothing but disdain for Bonnie, Clyde, and C.W., while Bonnie sees Blanche's flightiness as a constant danger to the gang's survival.
In Joplin, Missouri, local police show up at the gang's rented house after being alerted by a grocery delivery boy, believing they are dealing with bootleggers, not bank robbers; two policemen are killed in a shootout. The gang is pursued by law enforcement, including Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, whom they capture and humiliate before leaving him adrift on a boat while handcuffed. The five outlaws then pull a heist, during which a police chase disables their vehicle. They steal Eugene Grizzard's car and take him and his girlfriend captive before quickly abandoning them when they learn he is an undertaker.
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Crew
- Written by: Robert Benton, David Newman
- Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
- Edited by: Dede Allen
- Music: Charles Strouse
- Produced by: Warren Beatty
Cast
- Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow
- Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker
- Michael J. Pollard as C. W. Moss
- Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow
- Estelle Parsons as Blanche
- Denver Pyle as Frank Hamer
- Dub Taylor as Ivan Moss
- Evans Evans as Velma Davis
- Gene Wilder as Eugene Grizzard
- Mabel Cavitt as Bonnie's mother (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Tatira-Hiller Productions, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
- Budget: $2,500,000
- Box office: $70,000,000
- Themes: sheriff, waitress, ambush, prohibition era, submachine gun, texas, bank robber, oklahoma, impotence, missouri
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