Kansas

Kansas is a 1988 American crime drama film starring Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy. Plot Wade Corey (Andrew McCarthy) is on his way to a friend's wedding in New York City when his car burns up in Utah, leaving him stranded. Without options, he hops a freight train where he's pulled onto a moving boxcar by Doyle Kennedy (Matt Dillon). Doyle tells Wade about himself and convinces him to accompany him to a small town in Kansas where Wade can get help and they can attend a local festival. What Wade doesn't know he soon finds out: Doyle is planning to use the festival as a chance to rob the local bank. The two walk into the bank, and before Wade knows what's happening, there's a gun in his face. Doyle demands Wade help him. Doyle holds up the bank, knocking out the police watchman and tying up the bank attendant. Wade piles the money into a bag, and no one witnesses his part in the robbery. In their effort to get away the pair get split up. Wade successfully hides from sight with the money while Doyle is chased across the countryside While the robbery is unfolding, the governor - who'd been giving a speech at the festival, sends his young daughter home with an aide after she gets a touch of heatstroke. The car gets a flat beside an old steel bridge where - high on adrenaline, Wade is busy tucking away the cash under the bridge. An eager cop comes speeding down the road in pursuit of the robbers and doesn't see the governor's car, hits it, and sends it into the river with the daughter inside. Forced by his conscience to help, Wade jumps from the bridge and carries the girl to shore, saving her from drowning. Nordquist, a local reporter (Alan Toy), snaps a photo of the moment, but the image doesn’t clearly show Wade’s face, and Wade runs off into the woods to avoid being identified.