

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

Gene Hackman
Sam Clayton
Lead
Candice Bergen
Miss Jones

James Coburn
Luke Matthews

Ben Johnson
Mister

Ian Bannen
Sir Harry Norfolk

Jan-Michael Vincent
Carbo

Dabney Coleman
Jack Parker

Sally Kirkland
Honey
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