Bobby Palumbo is a low level bagman for the Brooklyn mob. After he is persuaded to "borrow" $200,000 from his collection bag for 24 hours, he is left on the hook for the missing money. On the run, he hooks up with Frannie Jo Overby, a savvy young girl from the dying Texas town of Ecstasy. Bobby is largely clueless, and it's Frannie Jo who turns out to have the street smarts. She's the one who cooks up the scheme to save Bobby's bacon.
"Ecstasy" is a fun romp from the pen of Steve Marshall, who wrote for such television classics as WKRP IN CINCINNATI and GROWING PAINS. He also co-wrote the comedy perennial REVENGE OF THE NERDS NERDS IN PARADISE.