A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.
Acting
Reynolds and Dickinson's ridiculous chemistry.
Practical Effects
Janky underwater sequences shot in a tank.
Costume
Laura's scandalous-for-1969 sleepwear choices.
Director
Arnold Laven
Burt Reynolds
Sam Whiskey
Angie Dickinson
Laura Breckenridge
Clint Walker
O.W. Bandy
Ossie Davis
Jed Hooker
William Schallert
Mr. Perkins
Woodrow Parfrey
Thorston Bromley
Anthony James
Cousin Leroy
John Damler
Hank
Robert Adler
Pete
Chubby Johnson
Blacksmith
Ayllene Gibbons
Big Annie
Sidney Clute
Clem
Wallace Earl
Mrs. Perkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burt Reynolds did most of his own underwater stunts and nearly drowned when his air hose tangled.
One of the first Westerns to lean into self-aware comedy, directly paving the way for 'Blazing Saddles' — though with way less bite.
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