The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
175 audience votes
Key crew
- David MillerDirector
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kirk DouglasJohn W. "Jack" Burns
- Gena RowlandsJerry Bondi
- Walter MatthauSheriff Morey Johnson
- Michael KanePaul Bondi
- Carroll O'ConnorHinton
- William SchallertHarry
- George KennedyDeputy Sheriff Gutierrez
- Karl SwensonRev. Hoskins
- William MimsFirst Deputy Arraigning Burns
- Martín GarralagaOld Man
- Lalo RiosPrisoner
- John BartonPrisoner (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
helicoptersheriffbased on novel or bookescapeindependenceloyaltyhorsemodern societymale friendshipprison escapejailfugitive