That's kind of what we were going after, but since the Bicentennial year was coming on and bringing a lot of revisionist history with it, I thought I'd include a little Revolutionary War in the recipe. I've always tried to include something subversive, not hidden from anyone, just for my own interests. The production designer was Jack Fisk. "We had absolutely no money, no budget, but Jack did extraordinary things—and Sissy Spacek was our assistant art director on that," said Armitage. Armitage says that once Kris Kristofferson agreed to do the film "everybody else followed. Bernadette [Peters] wanted to work with him, Victoria [Principal], and Jan-Michael came over ... It was a good shoot, but it was rough. It was 30 days, it was 108 degrees in the Simi Valley, so a lot of it was tough to do. But we worked through it, finished on time and under budget." Reception The Timeout review noted that the film was an "awkward combination of cheapo war and cowboy comics ...", but that "Kristofferson ... shuffles through quite convincingly ..." and "... Bernadette Peters plays an ill-treated, down-at-heel, after-hours singer with real style." According to Contemporary North American Film Directors, the plot was a not-too-subtle satire on the American way. The studio disliked the film and it was a commercial failure. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 20% based on 5 reviews. References External links New York Times listing Films directed by George Armitage 1970s action drama films American action drama films 1976 films United Artists films American vigilante films Films produced by Gene Corman Films scored by Gerald Fried 1976 drama films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films