The Wrong Man
Accused of a crime he didn't commit. Obsessed with a woman he couldn't possess.
A tense romantic thriller about a wrongly accused man entangled in a love triangle while evading Mexican police, built on paranoia and doomed attraction.
US merchant sailor Alex Walker is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - ageing but likeable shit Phillip Mills and young sexy, frustated wife Missy. The three develop a curiously inter-dependent relationship. Meanwhile, Police Captain Diaz and Detective Ortega are closing in and the plot circle is closed at Tapachula rail station amidst a stack of mistakes and wrong decisions.
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