US merchant sailor Alex Walker is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - ageing but likeable shit Phillip Mills and young sexy, frustated wife Missy. The three develop a curiously inter-dependent relationship. Meanwhile, Police Captain Diaz and Detective Ortega are closing in and the plot circle is closed at Tapachula rail station amidst a stack of mistakes and wrong decisions.

• Viacom Productions
• Beattie/Chesser
• Rosanna Arquette
• Kevin Anderson
• John Lithgow
• Jorge Cervera Jr.
• Robert Harper
• Dolores Heredia
• Ernesto Laguardia