This film was filmed mostly on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The scenery is beautiful. Bruce Dern plays Harry Tracy - the last great outlaw. It is 1900, and not only has he survived all other famous outlaws, but has a restless, free spirit and charm. Dern Tracy's could have been a Buddhist guru, because he doesn't seem to care about whether he lives or dies. Money is amusing, but not everything. He continues to rob banks, meeting people along the way. His nemesis is a federal Marshal from Utah played by Gordon Lightfoot. Lightfoot seems to fit into the role in a quirky way. He is understated. He doesn't say much, but seems to have one quality to his benefit - persistence, at all cost, to get Harry Tracy. Another character is a painter, who believes that he can be an outlaw. He is an incompetent outlaw, and because of this develops extreme jealously and contempt for Tracy. Lastly, there is the society woman, the daughter of the judge assigned to getting Tracy, who falls for Tracy's charm. This movie was quite good. I especially like the scenes of Portland and the prison. You really believed that the film captured to the most minute detail what Oregon looked like in 1900. I also like that Tracy was obsessed was his image and reputation with the public. It was as if he could sense that in only 10-15 years, Hollywood would start making films about outlaws like himself.
