The 1967 film "Bonnie and Clyde" is very loosely based on the story of the early 1930's outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who committed robberies and murders in several states before being ambushed and gunned down by law enforcement men. The film was designed to be stylish more than a documentary and there many differences between the historical couple and the couple in the film. Bonnie meets Clyde when she interrupts him attempting to steal her mother's car. They form an immediate attachment and begin committing robberies. Later Clyde's brother Buck and his wife Blanche join the gang along with a young gas station attendant C.W. Moss. The pair then start killing people during their robberies and become the subject of a hunt by many law enforcement personnel. Buck is killed during this period and Blanche is arrested. Finally C.W.'s father makes a deal with the police to give them the location of Bonnie and Clyde in return for leniency for his son. The pair have bad luck in their robberies, one bank has failed, and from the others they get a few hundred dollars in bills and some loose coin change. There are several scenes of US currency including one scene with US coins. The bills and coins appear to be of more modern designs than those which were used in the 1930's.

The film begins with a prologue which reads:

Bonnie looks out of an upstairs window and sees a well-dressed man fooling with her mother's car. She playfully asks what he is doing.

Clyde replies that he is stealing the car. Bonnie asks if she can join him, he says yes, she gets dressed and runs out to meet him.

Clyde explains from the start that he has some kind of sexual weakness or deficiency and that if she wants a "lover boy" she should look elsewhere.

In this case the old legend is true. Clyde brags that he is going to commit a robbery, goes inside of a grocery store, and emerges.

Clyde holds a bunch of one dollar bills. The pair enjoy stealing automobiles and they go through many cars during the film. In another town Clyde goes to rob a bank but the clerk tells him that the bank failed some time ago. Clyde orders the clerk to tell Bonnie this.

After a couple more robberies the pair need car repairs and stop at a gas station. The attendant, a young man named C.W. Moss, is impressed with the pair.

Clyde asks C.W. Moss if he is a good automobile mechanic and driver and when C.W. replies that he is, Clyde invites him to join them. The three commit more robberies with C.W. acting as the driver.

At a bank robbery some cash falls on the floor.

The bank clerk scrambles to pick up the money. The three now have enough money to go to the movies.

They are watching the hit 1933 musical film "Gold Diggers of 1933."

"Gold Diggers of 1933" features Broadway show girls performing a dance routine to the song "We're in the Money" while wearing costumes made of large cardboard coins For more information on the film, please visit: Coins in Movies - Gold Diggers of 1933 No doubt, inspired by the film, Bonnie now sports a new necklace.

The necklace has thin imitation gold coins. The three decide to visit Clyde's brother Buck and his wife Blanche.

Buck, also an ex-convict, joins the gang and forces Blanche to join. A Texas Ranger named Hamer locates the gang and decides to capture them single-handedly. This does not work out so well for him.

The gang lets Ranger Hamer go after taking the photographs and he swears revenge. Another day, another robbery:

They drive away in yet another stolen car pursued by local law enforcement.

An accident during the car chase causes damage to the car and they stop so that C.W. can work on it.

A pile of cash (US currency) and some coins have been dumped on a jacket.

Some of the one dollar bills are Federal Reserve notes which were manufactured starting in 1963. The coins look newer also and the larger ones appear to be the clad coins minted starting in 1965. A correct for the period "Mercury" dime appears to the right. The group decides to visit Bonnie Parker's family.

The family reunion is peaceful and the gang leaves. Later they are spotted by police who show up with an armored car.

A gun battle ensues and the gang escapes in a police car. Later, while camped out, some police surprise the group and there is another gun battle. This time Buck is mortally wounded by a bullet and Blanche is injured.

Bonnie, Clyde, and C.W. run away and cross a creek to safety. Buck dies and Blanche is arrested. The remaining three visit C.W.'s father Ivan Moss. After they leave, Ivan contacts the police to inform on Bonnie and Clyde. For his service the police agree to treat C.W. leniently.

Bonnie has written a poem which she has sent to some newspapers. Due to her criminal celebrity some newspapers publish the poem.

Both are happy and Clyde is finally able to make love to Bonnie.

The pair are feeling good and drive past a small town.

Ivan Moss is to meet them and so are the police. Ranger Hamer and others begin firing machine guns.

Ranger Hamer and his group approach the car.

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
Director: Arthur Penn
Writers: David Newman, Robert Benton