故事发生在1917年,威尔(麦肯齐·阿斯丁 Mackenzie Astin 饰)过着和父亲杰克(约翰·泰瑞 John Terry 饰)相依为命的生活,不幸的是,意外发生了,杰克失去了生命,留下形单影只的威尔,他不仅要想方设法自己照顾自己,还要想办法照看父亲位于南达科他州的农场,他最需要也最缺少的,就是钱。
为了赚钱,威尔决定去温尼伯参加奖金丰厚的雪橇犬马拉松比赛。尽管获得了奈德(奥古斯特·斯彻伦伯格 August Schellenberg 饰)的帮助,但威尔依旧面临着巨大的挑战。恶劣的天气,频发的事故,五百英里的遥远路途,在重重的困难之间,身形单薄的威尔能够顺利到达终点,完成自己的愿望吗?
George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes.
While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that it's an uphill battle.
The film's title is a metaphor for self-promoting tycoons who perform quick financial takeovers, impose dictatorial controls for sho...
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