
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her, but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.
Cast

Jeff Bridges
Terry Brogan

Rachel Ward
Jessie Wyler

James Woods
Jake Wise

Alex Karras
Hank Sully

Jane Greer
Mrs. Wyler

Richard Widmark
Ben Caxton

Dorian Harewood
Tommy

Swoosie Kurtz
Edie

Saul Rubinek
Steve Kirsch

Pat Corley
Ed Phillips

Bill McKinney
Head Coach

Allen Williams
Bob Soames

Sam Scarber
Assistant Coach

Paul Valentine
Councilman Weinberg

Jonathan Terry
Ryskind
Jon St. Elwood
Ahmad Cooper

Tamara Stafford
Kirsch's Girlfriend

Ted White
Security Guard with Dog
Stony Bower
Security Guard
Mel Scott
Quarterback
Ginger LaBrie
Receptionist #2
David Dayan
Car Valet
Crew

Taylor Hackford
Director, Producer
Eric Hughes
Writer
Daniel Mainwaring
Writer, Novel
William Steinkamp
Editor
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor

Donald E. Thorin
Director of Photography
William S. Gilmore
Producer
Richard Lawrence
Production Design

Nancy Klopper
Casting
James Lapidus
Costume Supervisor

Michael Kaplan
Costume Design
Marina Pedraza
Hairstylist
Dorothy J. Pearl
Makeup Artist
Don S. Walden
Sound Editor
Tom C. McCarthy
Sound Editor
Jim Bullock
Sound Editor
Larry Stensvold
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeff Wexler
Sound Mixer

Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer

Larry Carlton
Original Music Composer
Curt Sobel
Supervising Music Editor

Phil Collins
Songs
Garrett Lewis
Set Decoration
Gregory Pickrell
Set Designer
June Samson
Script Supervisor
Richard Davis Jr.
Location Manager
Dick Ziker
Stunt Driver

Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunt Driver

Glenn R. Wilder
Stunt Driver

Charlie Picerni
Stunt Driver

Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Driver
Tom Joyner
Production Manager

Dan Perri
Title Designer
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