The making of a serious, Canadian art house film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is forced to compromise his vision to accommodate his drug-addled star, his leading lady and his venal backers.
When his best friend is kidnapped and held for ransom by a drug kingpin, an American hustler embarks on a suicide mission to smuggle four million dollars worth of hashish out of Morocco.
Despues de encontrar a una mujer descuartizada en su apartamento de Nueva York, las sospechas recaen sobre su marido desaparecido. Un ejecutivo que de forma repentina ha dejado la ciudad para embarcarse en un viaje a traves del pais.
Bill Miner es un vaquero que ha estado en prisión 33 años. A su salida de la cárcel de San Quintín en 1901 Bill marcha a vivir y a trabajar a Washington con la familia de su hermana. Pero el mundo ha cambiado mucho en todo ese tiempo que ha estado encerrado.
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven), is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe, he also face two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act on his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A mans career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations, all hang in the balance.
