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Plot

Erika Eleniak and William McNamara star as a couple of young lovers on the run in this breezy road movie, based on James M. Cain's novella The Enchanted Isle. Mandy Baker (Erika Eleniak) is a bored 17-year-old looking for adventure outside of her small hometown of Paint Rock, Texas. She finds it at a bus station, as she is set to head out for Corpus Cristi. There she meets Rick Davis (William McNamara), a handsome and narcissistic dude in a cowboy outfit, whom Mandy lends $17 for a one-way ticket to the lay-over stop of Utopia. The two get familiar on the bus and, upon arriving in Utopia, she tags along with Rick as he meets his Uncle Pal (Michael Lerner), a two-bit crook, and his weird cohort Bud (Bud Cort). The three hatch a plan for a $5,000 bank robbery, and Mandy is talked into going along with them. The robbery itself is a failure, but Rick and Mandy manage to take off with the money, with Pal and Bud chasing after them.
MPAA Rating:
for language and some violence.
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
89min.
Director(s):
Lucas Platt
Starring:
Erika Eleniak , William McNamara , Michael Lerner , Bud Cort , Valerie Perrine
Themes:
Lovers on the Lam,Bank Robbery
Tone:
Humorous,Light,Quirky
Keywords:
adventurer,cowboy,friendship,loot,on-the-road,robbery,runaway [from home],teenagers,uncle