Walter Lloyd gets along with, but isn't close to, his teenage son, Chris. That changes when Walter's wife, Donna, is kidnapped while in Europe and Walter and Chris head overseas to find her. During their cloak-and-dagger adventure, the two men become closer, with Chris discovering some surprising things about his seemingly ordinary dad. Father and son, played well by Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon, respectively, must learn to trust each other in order to save Donna in Arthur Penn's exciting thriller.