Gritty, surprisingly well scripted and just plain mean, this '70s road thriller features an outstanding Ennio Morricone score and continues to play well decades after its initial release. Italian journalist Walter Mancini (Franco Nero) and his American wife, Eve (Corinne Clery), are on a camping vacation Nevada, but all they do is bicker and have angry, punishing sex. Eve complains that Walter drinks too much, Walter resents the fact that Eve's father is his boss, and during a sordid, drunken scene at the communal campsite, Walter drunkenly stumbles over another camper's tent line and breaks his hand. The following day they begin the drive back to Los Angeles, towing...
Released:
1977
Rated:
NR
Length:
104 mins