Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling projectionist. The father passes away, telling of the loot from a botched bank robbery that he buried years earlier. The two get jobs in town as their relationship grows and they search for the treasure on the weekends. But while the treasure seems to bring them together, it also seems to be tearing them apart.
Acting
Lancaster's weathered gravitas anchors every scene he's in.
Cinematography
New Mexico landscapes that swallow characters whole.
Writing
Alan Sharp's dialogue: sparse, cynical, unexpectedly tender.
Director
Alan Sharp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burt Lancaster was nearly 72 and visibly frail during filming; this was his final leading role in a theatrical feature.
Writer-director Alan Sharp also penned Night Moves and Ulzana's Raid—this is his most personal, least seen work, effectively ending his directorial career.
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