High school student Dan Bartlett misses the plane he was supposed to be on with his rich girlfriend and her family on the way to a Caribbean vacation during a school break. He flies there alone, and runs into a series of characters and misadventures as he tries to catch up.
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
Ben Stiller
as Chris Honeywell
Ursaline Bryant
as Roxanne
Terence Cooper
as Captain Andrew
