"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
Martín Garralaga
as Old Man
Lalo Rios
as Prisoner
John Barton
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Ray Beltram
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
Bill Bixby
as Airman in Helicopter (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Oscar Blank
Don Carlos
George Keymas
as Deputy
Harry Lauter
as Deputy in Canyon
Bill Raisch
as One Arm
Vince St. Cyr
as Navajo Prisoner Who Escapes
David O. McCall
Dan Sheridan
as Deputy Glynn
Rudy Germane
as Observer at Accident (uncredited)
David Miller
Director
Edward Abbey
Novel
Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Richard Michaels
Script Supervisor
Edward Lewis
Producer
Executive Producer
Don Christie
Still Photographer
Leon Barsha
Editor
George Milo
Set Decoration
Robert Emmet Smith
Arthur B. Smith
Sound Designer
James R. Alexander
James Curtis
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist
Bud Westmore
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Bob Herron
Stunts
David Silver
Assistant Director
Waldon O. Watson
Sound
Frank H. Wilkinson
Tom Shaw
Joseph Gershenson
Music Supervisor