Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.
John Cusack
as Dan Bartlett
Robert Loggia
as "Mac" MacClaren
Jerry Stiller
as Victor Honeywell
Wendy Gazelle
as Lori Cronenberg
Monte Markham
as Bill Cronenberg
Shelley Fabares
as Buffy Cronenberg
Paul Bates
as Cleon
Keith David
as Alphonso
Martin LaSalle
as Prisoner (as Martin Lasalle)
Ben Stiller
as Chris Honeywell
Ursaline Bryant
as Roxanne
Terence Cooper
as Captain Andrew