The legend of Bonnie and Clyde grew and grew. They became so large in the country’s imagination — Hollywood-like actors directing their own real-life drama — that the fans who showed up in Arcadia to literally get a piece of them were stunned by what they saw and later learned about them in newspapers.

For starters, Bonnie and Clyde is universally regarded as the first film of the New Hollywood era because it boldly shattered conventions, brought a new level of sex and violence to the screens and has been enormously influential. It is indeed considered to be a landmark film.

Their crimes were not great, but their boldness and timing made Bonnie and Clyde incredibly famous. 1930s Americans felt hatred towards banks and businesses because of their own economic failure, and Bonnie and Clyde’s robberies allowed them to live out their own fantasies. Love and Death: The Story of Bonnie & Clyde.

Bonnie and Clyde were seen as Robin Hoods of a sort. They were taking on police officers and the FBI (then called the Bureau of Investigation,) as they fled around the country. When they had money, they sent it to their families.

“The Highwaymen” was shot in the exact spot, after a strategic bend, on the road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, where the final showdown took place. The now-paved road was covered in dirt to replicate the original look.

Though Bonnie and Clyde had been quite the team in life, in death they were unceremoniously separated. Though they had wished to be buried together, Bonnie’s family wouldn’t allow it. Both are buried in Dallas, Texas, but in separate cemeteries.

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Here are the best Bonnie and Clyde movies to plan your next road trip

• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• The Highwaymen (2019)
• Gun Crazy (1950)
• Bonnie & Clyde, Italian Style (1982)
• The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
• The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)

they’ll bury them side by side. but it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde. By the spring of 1934, Parker and Barrow knew they were going to die at the hands of law enforcement. Parker, who was married to Roy Thornton at 15 and never divorced, reportedly begged to be buried next to Barrow.

That honor, instead, went to Alan Travis and Wayne Stanfield, who drove a 1916 Mitchell across the finish line. After the race, the car returned to its owners, and the death car of Bonnie and Clyde now sits in the Whiskey Pete casino, in pride of place in the lobby, for all to see and admire.