The script offered Peckinpah the opportunity to explore themes that appealed to him: two former partners forced by changing times onto opposite sides of the law, manipulated by corrupt economic interests.
Scenarij je Peckinpahu dao mogućnost da se pozabavi dvjema temama koje su ga zanimale: dva bivša partnera na suprotnim stranama zakona zbog promjene vremena, izmanipulirani pokvarenim ekonomskim interesima.