Length: 82 min'
Director: Monte Hellman
Directed by: Monte Hellman
Writer: Jack Nicholson
Producers: Monte Hellman, Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman
Music: Robert Drasnin
Cinematography: Gregory Sandor
Editing: Monte Hellman
Production Companies: Proteus Films, Santa Clara Productions
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Katherine Squire, George Mitchell, Rupert Crosse, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hackett, Tom Filer
Three cowhands—Wes,Vern, and Otis—are mistaken for outlaws by a posse after stumbling upon a gang’s hideout. Forced to flee when Otis is killed, Wes and Vern hide in a farmhouse, holding the family hostage as the posse closes in. Their desperate struggle ends in a bleak, fatalistic conclusion.