Once a successful rodeo rider, J.W. Coop (Cliff Robertson, who also directed) has just been released from jail after a 10-year sentence for writing a bounced check and fighting with a sheriff. The predictable culture of jail, however, was easy for Coop, compared to his having literally to "get back on the horse," and begin anew. He ambles around a radically altered America with his countercultural female sidekick, Bean (Christina Ferrare), and tries to campaign seriously for a shot at a rodeo championship. As the demons of his past, exemplified by his disturbed mother, threaten to hamper his comeback, Coop faces harder choices than ever before.

Film was re-rated. It was previously given an MPAA GP rating.

Directorial debut for actor Cliff Robertson.

Shown at the Chicago International Film Festival November 25, 1971.

Additional cast: R.L. Armstrong (Tooter Watson), Wade Crosby (Billy Sol), Marjorie Durant Dye (Big Marge), Paul Harper (Warden Morgen), Son Hooker (Motorcycle Cop), Richard Kennedy (Sheriff), Mary Robin Redd (Bonnie May), and Claude Stroud (Rodeo Manager).

Additional credits: Bruce Graham (associate producer), Ross Lowell (2U DOP), and Louie Shelton (composer).

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English

Cliff Robertson: American Actor
Geraldine Page: American Actress
Cristina Ferrare: American Model/Actress
R.G. Armstrong: American Actor
John Crawford: American Actor
Paul Harper: 
Richard Kennedy: 
Bruce Kirby: American Film and Television Actor

Cliff Robertson: American Actor

Cliff Robertson: American Actor
Bud Shrake: Screenwriter

Don Randi: American Composer
Louie Shelton: 

Alex Beaton: Editor\"Soldier Blue"