After Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) steals $6,000 from a bank in Arizona to buy 100 Rifles for the Yaqui Indians in Sonora, so they can take up arms against the ruthless General Verdugo (Fernando Lamas), Arizona Lawman Lyedecker (Jim Brown) sets out to retrieve the six grand and bring Yaqui Joe to justice. The suspicious Verdugo associates Lyedecker with Yaqui Joe, and the two men are forced to work together after they are rescued from Verdugo’s firing squad by the Yaqui rebels – led by Sarita (Raquel Welch) who has revenge on her mind and Verdugo in her sights. The dust and bullets fly off the screen as Verdugo and his soldiers track the Yaqui fighters back to their village and take children as hostages in order to trade for the rifles, with Jerry Goldsmith’s score pacing the action as Sarita, Yaqui Joe, and Lyedecker lead the Indians into a showdown with Verdugo. Raquel Welch is every bit the silver screen icon in a trainstopping outdoor shower scene – turning from sexy to deadly before the water dries.
