Bill Clark, a small town newspaper publisher, recalls a childhood memory of a young nude girl collapsing on his family's front porch in South Texas. His wife encourages him to go back to his home town to research the story in order to find out what happened to his estranged mother, whom Bill believed to be dead. He solicits the help of a beguiling blonde who is also a small town newspaper publisher. This leads him to uncover other events including,...