

Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
Acting
Stewart's hangman disguise is pure mischievous genius.
Direction
McLaglen stages the final siege with brutal Mexican sunset poetry.
Costume
Those dusty ponchos? Authentic misery chic.

Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stewart and Martin were so close they improvised constantly, including Mace's hangman disguise details. Director McLaglen just let the cameras roll.
Shot during Hollywood's last Western boom, this flopped commercially—audiences wanted Peckinpah's bloody revisionism, not charming buddy banter. RIP innocence.
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