 It is the second of Sollima's three Westerns, following "The Big Gundown" and predating "Run, Man, Run", a sequel to the former.Milian stars in a lead role in all three films.The film portrays the unlikely partnership of Professor Fletcher (Volonté), a university lecturer, and "Beauregard" Bennet (Milian), a wanted outlaw, and a series of events that results in an exchange of their moral values, culminating in Fletcher taking control of Bennet's bandit gang.