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.
Kirk Douglas
as John W. "Jack" Burns
Gena Rowlands
as Jerry Bondi
Walter Matthau
as Sheriff Morey Johnson
Michael Kane
as Paul Bondi
Carroll O'Connor
as Hinton
William Schallert
as Harry
George Kennedy
as Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
Karl Swenson
as Rev. Hoskins
William Mims
as First Deputy Arraigning Burns
MartÃn Garralaga
as Old Man
Lalo Rios
as Prisoner
John Barton
as Prisoner (uncredited)
