★ 1974 電影旬報 最佳外語片 1974 Best Foreign Language Film, Kinema Junpo Awards
★ 1973 坎城影展 金棕櫚獎、OCIC獎 1973 Palme d'Or, OCIC Award, Cannes Film Festival

一邊是剛剛出獄的暴躁大叔，滿心只想趕路回鄉，建立屬於自己的小小事業；一邊是甫自海上歸來的退役水手，緊抱著微薄禮物，期盼能有機會探訪久未謀面的妻小。兩人在綿延無盡的公路上遇見，因為一只火柴而結緣，決定在蒼茫未知的人生旅途上，結伴走上一段。隨著坎坷際遇不斷展開，不堪過往也逐漸浮現，即便性格迥異、矛盾不斷，兩人仍漸漸成為彼此在這陌生世界中唯一的歸屬。

在首兩集《教父》之間、在《霹靂神探》和《對話》之間，奧斯卡雙影帝艾爾．帕西諾和金．哈克曼公路相逢，聯手演出這部憂傷詩意且餘韻綿長，宛若美版《巴黎，德州》的流浪神作。正值二位影帝生涯顛峰、神作連發的七○年代，本作雖獲金棕櫚獎肯定，卻因其低調現實的沉穩氣質漸被低估淡忘。然而，在影帝細膩演出與導演精準的文學張力下，絕對值得大銀幕細細品味，更懷念甫逝世的哈克曼永恆身影。

Unforgettable performances from Gene HACKMAN and Al PACINO, the sensitive direction of Jerry SCHATZBERG, and the glowing landscape cinematography of Vilmos ZSIGMOND come together for one of the defining road movies of the 1970s—a tender, richly human portrait of two hard-luck drifters. While traveling to Pittsburgh with the goal of opening a car wash, gruff ex-con Max meets Lion, a clowning, amiable sailor who dreams of reuniting with his long-estranged wife and child in Detroit. Despite the vast differences in their temperaments, the two men develop a surprising bond as Lion helps Max learn to manage his anger, while Max comes to understand the fragility behind Lion’s good-natured facade.