After years of futile struggle on L.A."s grueling audition circuit| would-be actress PRISCILLA ANDERS is bitterly contemplating a permanent return to her humdrumhometown-until one fateful morning in the diner where she waitresses. When Priscilla overhears seedy regulars discuss a bizarre riddle that hints at hidden loot| sherecruits the lovelorn mechanic BENNY to help crack the code that could fund her Hollywood ambitions. But as the pair encounter a host of colorful-but-dangerouscriminals it becomes clear the loot is hot| hefty| and blood-soaked.