This movie was on sale today for $4.99 and got great reviews so I bought it. Kirk Douglas breaks into jail to bust his friend out. He’s a cowboy trapped in the modern world. Made by director Sam Peckinpaw who was revered for his ultra-violent films. He made one called Straw Dogs that deeply disturbed me as a teenager - so I watched it dozens of times. In this one I love the scene where Douglas gets into a bar fight with a one-armed man. The movie then takes on kind of a Rambo vibe as the police search for Douglas after he breaks out. It really feels like First Blood completely ripped off this one - even down to the helicopter! Walter Matthau plays the sheriff on the hunt. Really poignant and tragic ending.
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