This is the story is based on an actual incident. Claude Dallas is a man who loves to be free, so he lives in the mountains where he hunts for his food. However, Bill Pogue is a driven game warden, who abhors anyone who hunts out of season. When he catches Claude Dallas doing that; he's about to arrest him when Claude kills him and the other warden with him. When the man who was with Dallas tells the police what happened, a nationwide manhunt ensues. And there are people who didn't like Pogue and they hope Dallas is never caught.
Matt Salinger
as Claude Dallas Jr.
Claude Akins
as Bill Pogue
Beau Starr
as Ed Pogue
Frederick Coffin
as Frank Weston
Lois Nettleton
as Dee Pogue
Brent Spiner
as Jim Stevens
Pat Hingle
as George Nielsen
Rip Torn
as Tim Nettleton
Ritch Brinkley
as Judge Lodge
James Lashly
as Hoyt Wilson
Jamie Horton
as Attorney Anderson
Dori Salois
as Sandra Stevens
