After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
Nicolas Cage
as Sailor Ripley
Laura Dern
as Lula Fortune
Willem Dafoe
as Bobby Peru
J.E. Freeman
as Marcelles Santos
Crispin Glover
as Dell
Diane Ladd
as Marietta Fortune
Calvin Lockhart
as Reggie
Isabella Rossellini
as Perdita Durango
Harry Dean Stanton
as Johnnie Farragut
Grace Zabriskie
as Juana Durango
Sherilyn Fenn
as Girl in Accident
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.
as Pace Fortune
