在这部比利历险记西部片中,让-皮埃尔·莱奥（Jean-Pierre Léaud）和Rachel Kesterber在这部法国制造的印象派西部片里出演男女主角。影片从未在法国上映，但是曾以导演亲自配音的英文版在南美洲发行。这部黑暗的故事以主角比利的性欲与复仇作为主题，任意地在闹剧式的癫狂状态和令人昏迷的实验戏剧间来回变换，与William A. Wellman的《金沙镇》、King Vidor的《太阳浴血记》、戈达尔的《周末》，以及的菲利普·加莱尔《内心的伤痕》有着一脉相承的关系。
Despite most Cahiers du cinéma critics admired many western authors, when they themselves became filmmakers few dared to overtly revisit that genre. One year after Alejandro Jodorowsky's El topo and as Sergio Leone premiered A Fistful of Dollars, Moullet charges full steam ahead with a wild western starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, taking this genre and one of its key characters to unexpected territory.
