[2] During a period of sluggish economy and high unemployment, four friends—Stone (James Brolin), Tony (Chick Vennera), Dan (Bruce Davison) and Rockney (Cleavon Little)—gather for a fishing trip.

Their target is Serrano (James Coburn), a sadistic drug lord who lives in a large villa.

When they wake the next day, Serrano’s men and the local military are approaching them in all-terrain vehicles and on horseback.

Stone and Dan have to continue on foot and only escape their pursuers by leaping from a very high rope bridge.

Knowing that Stone has his share of the cash and that they face better odds of escape in the open, Tony agrees to show them where the money is "hidden".

They meet Olivia (Lindsay Wagner), the prisoner in the neighboring cell, who claims she was falsely arrested.

Tony bribes a passing child to pull out the barred window of their cell with a tow truck.

Dressed in women's clothes, Tony and Rockney make their way to a bus station and reunite with Olivia.

Dan and Stone are captured by a local rebel leader, General Mariano (Anthony Quinn), who wants the stolen money for himself.

Raffill says he later found out the people who financed him were drug dealers who wanted to find out how to smuggle hashish out of North Africa.

[6] Janet Maslin of The New York Times was surprised and found the film unusual but said it works well, and praises the clever casting.