
Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream of being a cowboy and the harsh truth of the Old West.
Cast

Gary Grimes
Ben Mockridge

Billy Green Bush
Frank Culpepper

Luke Askew
Luke

Bo Hopkins
Dixie Brick

Geoffrey Lewis
Russ

Wayne Sutherlin
Missoula

John McLiam
Thorton Pierce

Matt Clark
Pete

Raymond Guth
Cook

Anthony James
Nathaniel

Charles Martin Smith
Tim Slater (as Charlie Martin Smith)
Larry Finley
Mr. Slater

Bob Morgan
Old John

Jan Burrell
Mrs. Mockridge

Hal Needham
Burgess
Jerry Gatlin
Wallop

Bob Orrison
Rutter
Walter Scott
Print

Royal Dano
Cattle Rustler
Paul Harper
Trapper

José Chávez
Cantina Bartender (as Jose Chavez)

Arthur Malet
Doctor

Ted Gehring
Tascosa Bartender

Gregory Sierra
One-Eyed Horsethief
John Pearce
Spectator

Dennis Fimple
Wounded Man in Bar

William O'Connell
Bartender in Piercetown
Lu Shoemaker
Former Virgin
Crew

Dick Richards
Director, Story
Eric Bercovici
Screenplay
Gregory Prentiss
Screenplay
Desmond Marquette
Editor
John F. Burnett
Editor
Ralph Woolsey
Director of Photography
Lawrence Edward Williams
Director of Photography
Terry Morse Jr.
Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager
Paul Helmick
Producer

Jerry Bruckheimer
Associate Producer
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist

Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration

Hal Needham
Stunt Coordinator
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Carl Anderson
Art Direction



















