It's Fourth Of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper - killed by 'friendly fire' during the first Gulf War - is returned to his all-American hometown. But whe...

本片根据真实事件改?br/>　　1970年，来自美国长岛中产阶级家庭的青年希斯（Brad Davis饰）与女友来到土耳其度假，临行前希斯偷携了两公斤大麻，不料登机时暴露，并因藏匿毒品被捕。希斯在被押往监狱的路上逃脱失败后又遭监狱官毒打，所幸他很快结识了两位狱友：吉米（Randy Quaid 饰）与艾力（Norbert Weisser 饰），并开始逐渐熟悉土耳其监狱中如露天市场般混乱荒诞的生活...