
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)
Jimmy Casino
Prisoner (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
Observer at Accident (uncredited)
Jess Cavin
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Mike De Anda
Bar Patron (uncredited)

Jimmy Dime
Prisoner (uncredited)
Gil Frye
Police Officer (uncredited)

Don Gazzaniga
Police Officer (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Observer at Accident (uncredited)
Marv Goux
Observer at Accident (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Bar Patron (uncredited)

Harry Hines
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Tex Holden
Minor Role (uncredited)
Foster Hood
Prisoner (uncredited)

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

George Keymas
Deputy (uncredited)

Harry Lauter
Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
Jack Lilley
Prisoner (uncredited)
David O. McCall
Prisoner (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
Prisoner (uncredited)
Clyde McLeod
Observer at Accident (uncredited)
Daniel Nunez
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Robert Perry
Truck Driver (uncredited)

Bill Raisch
One Armed Man (uncredited)
Sam Savitsky
Prisoner (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Observer at Accident (uncredited)
Dan Sheridan
Deputy Glynn (uncredited)

Ray Spiker
Convict (uncredited)
Vincent St. Cyr
Prisoner (uncredited)
Bronze Star
Whiskey (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Observer at Accident (uncredited)
Rosa Turich
Proprietor (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim
Vagrant Convict (uncredited)

Dan White
Convict (uncredited)
Roque Ybarra
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Crew

David Miller
Director

Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay

Edward Abbey
Novel
Leon Barsha
Editor

Michael Douglas
Assistant Editor

Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Tom Shaw
Assistant Director
David Silver
Assistant Director
Ray Taylor Jr.
Assistant Director

Kirk Douglas
Executive Producer
Edward Lewis
Producer
Stanley Kufel
Wardrobe Supervisor
Peter V. Saldutti
Wardrobe Supervisor
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist

Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Waldon O. Watson
Sound
Frank H. Wilkinson
Sound
James R. Alexander
Sound
James Curtis
Sound
Arthur B. Smith
Sound

Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Joseph Gershenson
Music Supervisor
George Milo
Set Decoration
Don Christie
Still Photographer
Richard Michaels
Script Supervisor

Bob Herron
Stunts
Forrest Deek Smith Sr.
Key Grip
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Robert Emmet Smith
Art Direction
David Tamkin
Orchestrator
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