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Here is a movie that hymns the joys of a woman's subjugation to a man. As the standoffish wife of a rich rancher (George Hamilton), Catherine Crocker (Sarah Miles) runs away from home one day smack into a train robbery. The desperadoes, making off with the loot, take a fancy to Catherine's horse. Since Catherine refuses to dismount, she too is borne off into the wilderness...
...difficult for him to do so. As everyone knows, he slipped out of the country in a small frigate with just a few followers, carefully concealing his departure from the rest of the expeditionary force. The latter would not have been in a better position to bring back any loot, as they made the trip on British ships after capitulation. What they might have gathered−including the famous Rosetta Stone−eventually found its way to the British Museum...
...Peckinpah Traveling Repertory is on hand: Ben Johnson, Bo Hopkins, Dub Taylor, Slim Pickens. As usual, their small parts are all nicely etched, and there is a superb bit of character work by Richard Bright as a cheap thief who swipes a suitcase full of loot from Ali MacGraw. Al Lettieri, as a hamhanded, slow-talking killer, and Sally Struthers, as a giggly little moll, both overact, in contrast to McQueen and MacGraw...
...four planned to escape to the wilds of Canada after the robbery and live off the loot for the rest of their lives. It was only when the scheme went awry, apparently, that Tuller thought of hijacking a plane. Since he had been reading Che Guevara and admired the Cuban Revolution, Havana seemed a logical destination. Once aboard the hijacked jet, he harangued the passengers with his political notions. "This fascist Government has got to fall!" he ranted. "These fascists have done nothing but keep the little man down. The only way you can be free is with this...
...keeps his pockets full of spendin' loot...