He rolls her off his bed onto the couch.The princess"" disappearance is classified as a "Top Crisis Secret" when it is discovered that the "direct heir o the throne" is missing at the Embassy.Its other unusual and seedy characters include a nervous and sex-crazed motel manager, a blind shopkeeper, a drug smuggler, a sweaty drug dealer with a poorly-fitting wig, a terrorizing gang of juvenile delinquents, and an intense good cop - an international narcotics officer who is honeymooning (but ignores his wife), all in a sleazy border town (and a number of dark hotel rooms) within a twenty-four hour period.As the train pulls away, his pursuers (Annabella""s rival spies) are unable to catch the moving rain.BackgroundTerms of Endearment(1983) is a comedy/drama classic, an entertaining film, but also a manipulative, soap-operatic melodramatic tearjerker, with an ending similar toDark Victory (1939)andLove Story (1970)." He suspected that professional mercenaries were awaiting the arrival of the "world""s biggest drug dealer" - meanwhile, Stuart""s base of operations remotely took over the airport""s control tower communications and shut off the runway lights.