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...shuffles and deals its assorted plot elements. Eventually, corrupt FBI men, a guy who claims to be CIA (Mickey Rourke in a role small enough so he doesn't wear out his welcome), some crooked arms dealers and a sexy mystery woman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) all cherchez le loot. Director Roger Donaldson puts a curiously cheerful spin on paranoia, and Willem Dafoe, as a deputy sheriff, provides a knowing parody of Charlton Heston doing jut-jawed heroics...
Still, obtaining a fake I.D. is mere preparation for the battle that lies ahead: securing entry to bars or loot from liquor stores. All agree that confidence is the secret...
...film's disenchanted young heroine, Claire (Solveig Dommartin), couldn't care less. Adrift on the highways between Venice and Paris with the loot from a bank robbery in the front seat of her car, Claire gives a ride to fellow traveller Sam Farber (William Hurt). She falls in love with him during their day-long trip to the French capitol. Only after she has dropped Farber off at his hotel does she realize that he has stolen her money...
...which totaled more than twice the amount of the debt on which Drexel defaulted -- helped push the firm over the edge, as it struggled with mounting lawsuits over the dealings of its junk- bond division. Now the reorganized company is suing the recipients of its largesse to recover the loot...
Robert Mitchum stars as a psychopathic preacher in hot pursuit of a treasure hidden by lynched bank robber, Ben Harper (Peter Graves). Only Harper's son, John (Billy Chapin), knows the whereabouts of the loot, and Mitchum kills, steals and lies in order to catch the child...