Sportswriter Drew Gavin is treading water. He harbors little ambition and doesn't even have a woman in his life. But at a class reunion, former flame Helen Graham comes to Drew for help. Her hotshot lawyer husband, Fred, has gotten himself in deep with local bookie Vicente Sanchez and is hiding out at an isolated mountain cabin. When Helen asks Drew to check on Fred, his only excuses are a big night with a six-pack and the remote control, so he agrees....