The town is a sleepy border town and the cops are mostly bored, occasionally dealing with minor offenses. He is immediately sentenced to a year in jail, which allows him to see Bondi, with a purpose of helping him escape. When the police decide to let him go, he deliberately punches a cop to get himself arrested. ![]() Jack explains his dislike for a society that restricts a man on where he can or can't go, what he can or can't do.Īfter a violent barroom fight against a one-armed man ( Bill Raisch) in which he chooses to use only one arm himself, Burns is arrested. She is the wife of an old friend, Paul Bondi (Michael Kane), who has been jailed for giving aid to illegal immigrants. They enter town to visit Jerry ( Gena Rowlands). He can't provide an address because he just sleeps wherever he finds a place.Īs Burns crosses a highway into a town in New Mexico, his horse Whiskey has a difficult time crossing the road, confused and scared by the traffic. He rejects much of modern technology, not even carrying any identification such as a driver's license or draft card. "Jack" Burns ( Kirk Douglas) works as a roaming ranch hand much as the cowboys of the old West did, refusing to join modern society.
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