Clyde Barrow

American criminal

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Clyde Barrow, along with his partner Bonnie Parker, was an American criminal notorious in the early 1930s for their crime spree across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Missouri. Barrow had a criminal history before meeting Parker in 1930. After serving time in prison, he and Parker embarked on a 21-month crime spree, robbing gas stations, restaurants, and small banks, with their largest take being $1,500.1

Their exploits, often sensationalized by newspapers during the Great Depression, led to several confrontations with law enforcement. They were eventually ambushed and killed by police in Louisiana on May 23, 1934. Their story was later popularized by the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.1

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Bonnie and Clyde
Clyde Barrow had been a criminal long before he met Parker in January 1930. After 20 months in prison in 1930–32, he teamed up with Bonnie Parker, and the two began a crime spree that lasted 21 months. Often working with confederates—including Barrow’s brother Buck…
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Clyde Barrow had been a criminal long before he met Parker in January 1930. After 20 months in prison in 1930–32, he teamed up with Bonnie Parker, and the two began a crime spree that lasted 21 months. Often working with confederates—including Barrow’s brother Buck…
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Warren Beatty
…bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Counterculture audiences of the 1960s identified with the film’s outlaw heroes, thanks largely to Beatty’s performance, which was filled with much compassion for Barrow and the poor in America. The film, directed by Arthur Penn, with whom Beatty had worked on Mickey One…
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…bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Counterculture audiences of the 1960s identified with the film’s outlaw heroes, thanks largely to Beatty’s performance, which was filled with much compassion for Barrow and the poor in America. The film, directed by Arthur Penn, with whom Beatty had worked on Mickey One…
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