in between love story and what up and doc . and ryan oneal sneak in this minor and forgotten western co star william holden . it one of those outdoor character study which critic love to label picaresque ( i. e. and episodic story of or relate to rascal or rogue ) . two montana cowboys plan to rob a bank and retire to mexico and but life have other plan . holden be restrain and easy and oneal very awkward and but the main culprit here be writer director blake edward ( of all people ) and who set the early pacing at such a slow drag that the picture never recovers . support cast be unusually strong and but no one here be able to do much with this colorless script . from .