Clancy

Clancy Miller (Christina Dawn Fougnie, in her movie debut) is an abused 12 year-old with the faith of an angel who runs away to keep from getting taken away by social workers. Out on the streets, she meets up with Nick (Jefferson Moore, The Perfect Stranger), an ill-tempered, homeless veteran. A corrupt mayor (J. Robert Bailey, Melrose Place), desperate for re-election, privately offers Nick a reward to keep the missing girl out of sight for a few days; the mayor's secret plan - to 'find her' in grand fashion in an attempt to gain favor with the voters, who would view him as a hero.

A scuffle with a loan shark sends Nick and Clancy on the lam to the nearby countryside. There, an unlikely friendship blossoms, as the downtrodden man slowly begins to see the world through the angelic girl's eyes. In the meantime, the mayor's ambitions heighten with the prospect of a 'manhunt across county lines' and a military style 'rescue mission' that plays out as the TV news cameras roll.