Undergoing midlife crises, three middle-aged city slickers -- yuppies Mitch Robbins (
Billy Crystal), Phil Berquist (
Daniel Stern), and Ed Furillo (
Bruno Kirby) -- decide to vacation together at a cattle ranch, where they will participate in a two-week long cattle drive from New Mexico to Colorado, that is, if they can survive the wrath of their crusty trail boss Curly (
Jack Palance).