Brynn Thayer

A drifter becomes both a bank robber and a hero in this crime thriller. Andrew McCarthy stars as Wade Corey, who hitches a ride on a freight train already occupied by Doyle Kennedy (Matt Dillon), a charming ex-con who convinces Wade to accompany him to his hometown. Once there, Wade realizes too late that Doyle is intent on robbing the local bank. After they are separated following the crime, Wade hides the money. Happening upon a drowning in progress, he saves a young girl who just happens to be the daughter of the state governor, and he becomes an unlikely hero. Finding work at a nearby farm, the meandering Wade becomes a hired hand, falls for the beautiful daughter (Leslie Hope) of his boss, and dreads the return of Doyle, who is sure to come looking for his money.

Writer Joe Eszterhas ("Basic Instinct," "Flashdance") and producer Ivan Reitman ("Kindergarten Cop," "Ghostbusters") team up in this juvenile adventure about two boys from vastly different backgrounds, a white kid from the suburbs and an inner-city black youth, who find themselves entangled with killers for hire and other mayhem. Featuring Darius McCrary from the TV hit "Family Matters."

Consumed by grief when his father is felled by a heart attack, 12-year-old runs away from his white, upper-class surroundings. He ends up in a Chicago ghetto, after enduring a beating by gang members, he is befriended by a streetwise black youth.

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