A psychologically intriguing Western that has much in common with the genre's Hollywood renaissance in the 1950s, stars Burt Reynolds as Jay Grobart, an outlaw who kidnaps the aristocratic Catherine Crocker (Sarah Miles) after she witnesses his gang pull a train robbery. Forced to travel with the desperadoes, Mrs. Crocker is repeatedly subjected to threats of sexual violence by two of the men (Jack Warden, Bo Hopkins), but is protected by the otherwise seemingly dispassionate Grobart. Meanwhile, the hostage's insufferable husband (George Hamilton) hires a bounty hunter (Lee J. Cobb) to track Grobart down, which proves relatively easy since the fugitive, who becomes the lonely Mrs. Crocker's lover, is headed into dangerous Indian territory for reasons that are as heartbreaking as they are illuminating. A harsh film that asks viewers to care about a hero who did something unforgivable but who finds love unexpectedly

Starring:

Bo Hopkins, Burt Reynolds, George Hamilton, Jack Warden, James Hampton, Jay Silverheels, Jay Varela, Larry Finley, Lee J Cobb, Nancy Malone, Owen Bush, Robert Donner, Sandy Kevin, Sarah Miles

Genre:

Western