Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
Kirk Douglas
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
Henry Fonda
as Woodward W. Lopeman
Hume Cronyn
as Dudley Whinner
Warren Oates
as Floyd Moon
Burgess Meredith
as The Missouri Kid
John Randolph
as Cyrus McNutt
Lee Grant
as Mrs. Bullard
Arthur O'Connell
as Mr. Lomax
Martin Gabel
as Warden LeGoff
Michael Blodgett
as Coy Cavendish
C.K. Yang
as Ah-Ping
Alan Hale Jr.
as Tobaccy