Pat Randall

A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the funeral, then decides to spend the summer there and work as a laborer for a power-line company. In time, he meets a girl and falls in love but then faces an important decision as to which direction he wants his life to go.

ウィリアム・フォークナーの小説『自動車泥棒』を映画化した隠れた秀作。アメリカ南部。少年・ルーシアスが、祖父が手に入れた車でメンフィスへと北上する旅に同行し、冒険を満喫する。マックィーンの人情味あふれる演技が新鮮。