A newspaper organises a gruelling 700-mile horse race across the wilderness, with a substantial cash prize at stake. Two former cavalry soldiers must put their friendship to one side to compete for first place, but face stiff competition in a cunning prostitute, an English sportsman and a cocky would-be gunslinger. Western, starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn and Ian Bannen.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.