In upstate New York, Virgil Cain is drawing hay when two movie scouts appear from nowhere and offer him $500 a day to use his horses in their film. In need of cash, Virgil reluctantly pockets the money, but the chaotic movie set soon proves more trouble than it's worth.With a talent-challenged director vying for authority with a lecherous inves tor and casino owner called Ronnie Red Hawk, the atmosphere is tense. But when the film's leading lady turns up dead, Virgil realises that far more is at stake than the making of a blockbuster movie. While his natural inclination is to leave the whole bunch to stew in their own juices, he suspects that charming ten-year-old actress Georgia is next, and he just can't let that happen, even if it does throw him into a world of danger.