Sam Rhodes longs to leave home and make a life for herself. Trouble is, "it's just too dangerous out there." At least that's what her father has drilled into her head for years. Sam, mid-twenties, is a timid and insecure young woman still living at home. When she's not keeping herself abreast of the terrible events going on in the world, she can be found stocking shelves at the corner drug store. Sam suffocates under the constant watch and belittling of her angry father, Ted, a rent-a-cop at the local bowling alley.

Sam's desire for something more in life is becoming stronger, however, and her father knows it. Ted's only way of keeping his daughter from leaving home is to constantly remind her of the dangers they face outside their small town of Tatum, Washington. The anger Ted holds for the world stems from the tragic shooting of his wife - and of Sam - some eighteen years earlier. The senseless act took the life of Sam's mother, and left a bullet in Sam's brain.

As an innocent romance develops between Sam and a quiet young mechanic, so develops Sam's need to go back to her hometown in Missouri where the tragedy took place. That's the last thing Ted wants, for he left a secret back in Missouri that he'd just as soon Sam never discover.

Director: Chris King

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