A year after the mysterious disappearance of their 8 year-old daughter, grieving Olivia and Ray return home with friends and family from her memorial service in their small town. Suddenly strange lights appear in the nearby forest and everyone is exposed to inexplicable phenomena shaking them all to the core. The origin of these weird incidents seems to be visitors from another world intent on terrorizing the family. But what they don’t realize is that these visitors will eventually lead them to an unexpectedly dark and disturbing truth - one destined to impact on their lives forever.
19世紀末，威名四震的“虎豹小霸王”布奇（羅·紐曼 Paul Newman 飾）與搭檔太陽舞小子（羅伯特·德福 Robert Redford 飾）在美國西部的一個小鎮(zhèn)上四搶劫銀行，與對手兇殘殺，與警察機智周旋。次，兩人搶劫“飛人”司郵車，引來警長與當居民的追捕。但他倆依我行我素，與女教師埃（凱瑟琳·羅斯 Katharine Ross 飾）逍遙自在地過著快樂時光。當他們再次搶“飛人”郵車后，招來隊騎警，對他們緊追不，展開天羅地網(wǎng)的搜捕迫使布奇和太陽舞小子開了逃亡之路。從懸崖下逃命的兩人找到埃塔商議去玻利維亞謀生。異國他鄉(xiāng)，他們嘗試金洗手走上正道，終究還認為這種生活不適合他，于是重操舊業(yè)。埃塔氣之下，拋下他們重回國。他們在一座小鎮(zhèn)不暴露身份，被追捕的警重重包圍。前有攔截，有追兵，虎豹小霸王是能夠在重重夾擊之下浴重生？ 本片獲得第42屆奧斯卡最佳原創(chuàng)劇本、最佳攝影獎、最佳原歌曲獎、最佳配樂獎?
