When Rachel went to visit her very successful sister in Hollywood, she expected her vacation to be exciting compared to her life in Kansas. She didn't expect her sister's murder.
An anthropologist and his family are shipwrecked on a South Seas island.
An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom hitch-hike their way cross-country, trying to get to California.
An 8-year old boy invents a hand-held computer which can control any electronic device, and uses it to affect the entire town where he lives.