![]() ![]() A bunch of ex-rough riders and a gunfighter enter a horse race in the desert. ![]() At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes a grueling horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. It was sponsored by the Denver Post, which offered $2,500 prize money to the winner. The film was based on a real, endurance race at the turn of the century it was inspired by the 1908, 700-mile cross-country horse race from Evanston, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado. It deals with some aging riders as Hackman, Coburn and Ben Johnson who get chance redeem themselves along with a young gunslinger, a Brit lord, a Mexican and an ex-whore. ![]() Sensational Western excellently acted, marvelously photographed and well screen-written with fine eye by Richard Brooks. ![]()
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