Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.

• The Rank Organisation
• Peter Shaw Productions
• Martin Sheen
• Sam Waterston
• Harvey Keitel
• Stéphane Audran
• John Castle
• Caroline Langrishe
• Jorge Russek
• Manuel Ojeda