一架美国客机遭恐怖份子挟持飞往贝鲁特，美国总统派遣由尼克和麦考伊所带领的特种部队展开救援行动，在排除万难救出人质后，任务并未落幕，因为机上有几名乘客被“护送到德黑兰，尼克和麦考伊必须和时间赛跑，抢救人质并挽回美国的颜面。

Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger) is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose single-parent father leaves her behind in Chicago while he goes to Washington State to look for work in the timber industry. Natty runs away from the guardian she was left with to follow Dad. She befriends and is befriended by a wolf that has been abused in dog fights, hops a freight train west, and is presumed dead when her wallet is found after the train crashes. Dad gets bitter and endangers himself in his new job. Meanwhile Natty has a series of adventures and mis- adventures in various farmhouses, police stations, hobo camps, reform schools, and boxcars.

汉克（弗雷德里克·福瑞斯特 Frederic Forrest 饰）是一名成天跟破旧汽车打交道的机械修理师，弗兰妮（特瑞·加尔 Teri Garr 饰）则在旅行社工作，两人成为情侣一起生活已经五年了，彼此之间的感情十分要好。然而，在五周年纪念日当晚，汉克和弗兰妮却发生了激烈的争吵，冲动之下，两人决定分手。　　之后，汉克邂逅了名为莉拉（娜塔莎·金斯基 Nastassja Kinski 饰）的马戏团女郎，两人之间碰撞出了激情的火花。与此同时，弗兰妮亦结识了风度翩翩英俊潇洒的雷（劳尔·朱力亚 Raul Julia 饰）。然而，直到他们真正开始尝试着发展另一段关系时才发现，原来彼此才是他们命中注定的那个人。