US merchant seaman Alex Walker is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - aging but likable Phillip Mills and his young sexy, frustrated wife Missy. The three develop a curiously inter-dependent relationship. Meanwhile, Police Captain Diaz and Detective Ortega are closing in and the plot circle is closed at Tapachula rail station amidst a stack of mistakes and wrong decisions.
—Prof Robin Marshall / edited by Hans Delbruck