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A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Keywords
helicopter
sheriff
based on novel or book
escape
independence
loyalty
horse
modern society
male friendship
prison escape
jail
fugitive
on the run
black and white
modern-day western
jailbreak
smart horse
Casts

Kirk Douglas
John W. "Jack" Burns

Gena Rowlands
Jerry Bondi

Walter Matthau
Sheriff Morey Johnson

Michael Kane
Paul Bondi

Carroll O'Connor
Hinton

William Schallert
Harry

George Kennedy
Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez

Karl Swenson
Rev. Hoskins
William Mims
First Deputy Arraigning Burns

Martín Garralaga
Old Man

Lalo Rios
Prisoner
John Barton
Prisoner (uncredited)
Ray Beltram
Bar Patron (uncredited)

Audrey Betz
Bar Patron (uncredited)

Bill Bixby
Airman in Helicopter (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Prisoner (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Prisoner (uncredited)
Don Carlos
Bar Patron (uncredited)

George Keymas
Deputy

Harry Lauter
Deputy in Canyon

Bill Raisch
One Arm
Vince St. Cyr
Navajo Prisoner Who Escapes
David O. McCall
Prisoner (uncredited)
Dan Sheridan
Deputy Glynn
Rudy Germane
Observer at Accident (uncredited)
Crews

David Miller
Director

Edward Abbey
Novel

Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay

Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Richard Michaels
Script Supervisor
Edward Lewis
Producer

Kirk Douglas
Executive Producer
Don Christie
Still Photographer
Leon Barsha
Editor
George Milo
Set Decoration
Robert Emmet Smith
Art Direction
Arthur B. Smith
Sound Designer
James R. Alexander
Sound Designer
James Curtis
Sound Designer
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist

Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Larry Germain
Hairstylist

Bob Herron
Stunts
David Silver
Assistant Director
Waldon O. Watson
Sound
Frank H. Wilkinson
Sound
Tom Shaw
Assistant Director
Joseph Gershenson
Music Supervisor
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