Alfonso Arau

Basada en la historieta "Los Supermachos," la historia de un extranjero que llega al pueblo y todos lo confunden como un inspector federal. Everyone in town mistakes a stranger for a federal inspector.

Joan Wilder is a mousy romance novelist who receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, but quickly becomes lost in the jungle. She is waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. Joan meets an...

10-year-old Luke lives with his parents and grandparents in Arkansas during the Korean War. To pick the cotton in their fields, they must hire "hill people" and Mexicans. Hank is a "hill person" who doesn't take kindly to people looking down on him. Luke witnesses a fight that Hank gets into that causes the death of another person. With better times ahead to look forward to, the town gets excited about a new invention - television.

When Joline discovers that her husband has abruptly left her in an effort to "find himself," she drops everything and drives out of New York City in search of her stray spouse! Then, after finally tracking him down in the west Texas desert, Joline demonstrates that she'll do anything to win him back! All roads lead to love, laughter and loyalty in this critically acclaimed comedy treat!