An emergency room surgeon, Dr. James Cutter has finished his training in Manhattan and is heading to California. When he picks up a hitchhiker on a fog-filled night in the middle of Kansas, he’s thrust into a drama that requires him to evade the FBI and Russian mob hitmen while trying to save a baby’s life. With the aid of his sister and brother-in-law, his journey comes to a climax high above Colorado’s Uncompahgre Gorge.