The sun beat down implacably on the quiet Mexican town where eight strangers secretly harbored a treasued dream which, to each of them, meant the difference between life and some form of death.

THE BELLBOY wanted shining cars and shining women.

THE SOUTHERN LADY wanted freedom from an uncommitted sin.

THE GIGOLO wished for a mirror of money.

THE MOVIE STAR wanted a vat of good brandy to still her lingering memories.

THE KILLER wanted his next murder to be neat.

THE GANGSTER dreamed of an end to exile.

THE GANGSTER'S WIFE wanted to be a widow.

THE FLIER wanted the gangster's wife.