身无分文的记者丘克流落一座新墨西哥州的小城，他舌如巧簧向当地报馆的主编推销自己，宣称自己有制造新闻的天才波澜不惊的小城生活让曾经供职纽约的丘克倍感无聊这天，主编令丘克外出采访，丘克于路却意外遭遇一名小镇店主里奥被困山洞丘克敏感的意识到这件事情背后的新闻价值，他迅速联系州长、工程队与医生随着丘克的一篇

An under-appreciated, over worked assistant entrusted with a million dollar necklace races to find out which of his friends betrayed him, as he battle