Overview
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Sam Clayton
- Candice Bergen as Miss Jones
- James Coburn as Luke Matthews
- Ben Johnson as Mister
- Ian Bannen as Sir Harry Norfolk
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Carbo
- Dabney Coleman as Jack Parker
- Sally Kirkland as Honey
- Buddy Van Horn as Slim
- Jean Willes as Rosie