James Coburn backed new talent - this was the first studio film from character actor Steve Ihnat - who died of a heart attack aged 37 at Cannes as this film was being released. It's an actor-y piece with Coburn as a rodeo rider - he's good at his job but is irresonsible, has an ex (Lois Nettleton) he still sleeps with because he's a stud, has a hot young hippy (Anne Archer) who wants him because he's a stud, clashes with locals, has an old mate (Slim Pickens), walks aound a town.
I'm surprised this got greenlit - Coburn wasn't that a big star by 1971 or whenever it was made... but I gues The Last Picture Show made studios go "quick we need our own modern day Western about lost people having sex.
The one outstanding bit is the end sequence when Slim Pickens dies in an accident. Everything else feels too light too dissolute, like minor Larry McMurtry. Coburn is fine but the piece would have been stronger had he been given stronger actors to play off against.
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