Western / Drama /

Score: 73.6%( 157 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

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)