Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges star in Michael Cimino's brilliant directorial debut. This well-written film, featuring strong performances, focuses on a complex caper in which Bridges plays a young drifter who teams up with an ex-con (Eastwood) and his former partners in crime to restage a difficult safecracking heist. Conveyed in a tone that mixes dramatic and comic elements, the film is a rich blend of engaging characters and action.