Eine Gruppe von Ex-Kriminellen, eine Ex-Prostituierte und ein Revolverheld nehmen an einem Pferderennen in der Wüste teil.Eine Gruppe von Ex-Kriminellen, eine Ex-Prostituierte und ein Revolverheld nehmen an einem Pferderennen in der Wüste teil.Eine Gruppe von Ex-Kriminellen, eine Ex-Prostituierte und ein Revolverheld nehmen an einem Pferderennen in der Wüste teil.
- Für 2 Oscars nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Lee Christie
- (as Robert Hoy)
- Steve
- (as Walter Scott Jr.)
- Billy
- (as Bill Burton)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesThe film was inspired by the 1908 700-mile cross-country horse race from Evanston, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado. It was sponsored by the Denver Post, which offered $2,500 prize money to the winner.
- PatzerAs the third (Jan-Michael Vincent) of three riders is exiting the train at the race station (close to the 12 minute mark), you can clearly see a crew member wearing t-shirt, sun-glasses and wrist watch, looking perfectly mid-1970's.
- Zitate
Mister: God, what ain't I tried. Pony express rider, Overland Stage driver, lawman, gambler, riverman, rancher, rodeo hand, barman, spittoon man... old man. Never much to remember. Of course, there ain't much to forget, either. Nobody's got much use for an old man. I can't blame 'em much. That's why I'm going to win this here newspaper race. When I cross the finish line, I get to be a big man. Top man. A man to remember.
- Alternative VersionenUK version is cut (ca. 10 sec.) to remove sight of cruelty to horses (illegal horse falls) due to the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies (2002)
The only drawbacks for me were a little too much language and that grundgy-70s feel to it that movies in that decade had to them, even in westerns. Having grown up with "Shane," and a bunch of westerns on TV, I still wasn't quite used to what I heard here when this came out 30 years ago. Nowadays, this is mild stuff.
This is a fairly long film at 131 minutes but it moves fast. Gene Hackman plays the tough-but-humane hero. The rest of the contestants in this race are all interesting, too. Each is given a little profile of themselves and include Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Jan-Michael Vincent, Ben Johnson and Ian Bannen.
In addition, there are some memorable scenes such as a horse literally dropping dead; a man poisoned, a woman with a "different agenda" an old man hanging on and a bad-turned-good kid. It's a nice mixture.
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- 28. Apr. 2006
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- White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA(filmed on location in: The White Sands National Monument, New Mexico)
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- Budget
- 4.000.000 $ (geschätzt)