Butch Cassidy is presented as a jovial type against killing as the leader of the notorious Wild Bunch. Matt and Frankie go after the outlaws when banknotes appear with phony signatures, trailing Butch all the way to South America.
Bat faces fire, bad weather, hostile attacks and the loss of equipment in building the railraod heading west.
An elderly couple is brazenly attacked and robbed in broad daylight. The thief escapes, and a young police officer with a spotless record is fired, and later thrown in jail, for complicity in letting the robber escape.
