A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. Thelonius and Melanie meet each other on the shore of a nearby river late at night. Melanie's husband finds them, and attacks Thelonius. Melanie pulls out a pistol and fires 3 shots, knocking her husband's body into the icy river below. The nightmare has begun...
Ned Beatty
as Thelonious Pitt
Mia Sara
as Melanie
Michael Madsen
as Earl
Donna Mitchell
as Elizabeth
James Widdoes
as Victor
Joe Dorsey
as Birkenstock
William Bumiller
as Terwilliger
Troy Evans
as Det. Harris
Tracy Brooks Swope
as Mercy
Robert Gould
as Det. Wand
Peter Fox
as Hotel Clerk
William B. Johnson
as Gas Station Attendant (as William Johnson)
