Jeff Bridges (Nick Kegan); John Huston (Pa Kegan); Anthony Perkins (John Cerruti); Eli Wallach (Joe Diamond); Sterling Hayden (Z.K. Dawson); Dorothy Malone (Emma Kegan); Tomas Milian (Frank Mayo); Belinda Bauer (Yvette Malone); Ralph Meeker (Gameboy Baker); Toshirô Mifune (Keith); Richard Boone (Keifitz); David Spielberg (Miles Garner); Brad Dexter (Captain Heller One); Michael Thoma (Ray Doty); Ed Madsen (Captain Heller Two); Irving Selbst (Irving Mentor); Chris Soldo (Jeffreys).
Summary
Nick Kegan works on the China seas as part of his father's oil drilling operation. Fifteen years ago, Nick's brother, a beloved American president, was assassinated. A man dying from an oil rig accident confesses to having been the second shooter in the long-ago killing. Nick sets out to investigate a conspiracy which sends him on a wild Odyssey across America.