A mutilating knife-killer haunts the small Southwest-desert town of Mescal. Though most victims have been prostitutes, the first was none other than Travis Mescal, the only son of the town's first family. When the Sheriff proves unable to solve the case, the town leaders invite Investigator Burns to unravel the mystery.
Hubbell Gardiner (Redford) y Katie Morowsy (Streisand) son dos estudiantes universitarios con caracteres muy diferentes. Hubbell es un atleta universitario famoso, un gran conquistador y un amante de la buena vida. Katie tiene una decidida vocación política y es consecuente con sus ideas. Ambos se enamoran y se casan, pero su vida conyugal tropieza con muchas dificultades.
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
