Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.
Richard Gere
as Jesse
Valérie Kaprisky
as Monica
Art Metrano
as Birnbaum
John P. Ryan
as Lt. Parmental
William Tepper
as Paul
Robert Dunn
as Sgt. Enright
Garry Goodrow
as Berrutti
Lisa Jane Persky
as Salesgirl
James Hong
as Grocer
Waldemar Kalinowski
as Tomachoff
Jack Leustig
as Highway Patrolman
Eugène Lourié
as Dr. Boudreaux