Overworked book editor George Caldwell starts a surprising romance with mysterious Hilly Burns while travelling cross-country by train. He witnesses a murder, though, and is later charged with it, interrupting his vacation. The actual bad guys abduct Hilly and throw Caldwell off the moving train. In a last-ditch effort to save Hilly, Caldwell teams up with vehicle thief Grover Muldoon. The two of them must stay out of the way of the police.
Cast: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Ray Walston, Stefan Gierasch
Director: Arthur Hiller
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
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