John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit.—Rodney Esperanza
A struggling Chicago man with mob ties and his 10-year-old daughter nurse a wounded Doberman - used for illegal dog fights - back to health. But trouble awaits.