The Reward is a 1965 American Western film directed by Serge Bourguignon and starring Max von Sydow, Yvette Mimieux, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Gilbert Roland.

[2] El Paso crop duster Scott Svenson accidentally flies his plane into a shallow pipe hidden just below the dirt landing area across the Mexican border.

Since he must pay for the damage to the tower, Svenson offers to assist a local law enforcement official, Capt.

[3] Variety wrote:The reward for a fugitive and its effects on a group thrown together by fate comprise the theme of this moody, somewhat uneven, desert meller.

[4] At SixtiesCinema.com, Tom Lisanti wrote:The ending fails to provide a satisfying wrap-up, leaving the survivors still lost in the desert.