Mike Locken is one of the principle members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.

This film was the last collaboration between Sam Peckinpah and composer Jerry Fielding with Fielding stating that it was time for them to end their creative partnership.

Mike Locken:
I just wanna get closer to George.


Cap Collins:
(laughs) So you find him and you zap him. Will that change Weyburn's mind? Will that give you back your knee and your elbow?


Mike Locken:
No, no, but, uh, wherever they are I know they'll be a lot happier.

Factual errors: The opening disclaimer mentions an interview with character Lawrence Weyburn that took place on September 31, 1975. There are only 30 days in September.