this movie be a low point for both jason robards and sam peckinpah . major plot point be take directly from sergio leone masterpiece once upon a time in the west ( release two year earlier and also feature robards ) represent a man find a watering hole be find in the desert and be the only water for many mile in every direction and he plan to build a tation around the hole and to ensure there a love interest and he fall in love with a prostitute . to this add an intemperate preacher and bad music and silly fast action shot and even silly t and a shot and there you go . there be little question why it fail at the box office . the real question be how do it make it that far .