Rob Reiner directs this drama based on the novella ´The Body´ by Stephen King. Upon hearing that an old friend has died, a writer (Richard Dreyfuss) reminisces about his childhood in the 1950s. As a twelve-year-old boy, Gordie (Wil Wheaton)´s friends consisted of Chris (River Phoenix), Teddy (Corey Feldman) and Vern (Jerry O´Connell). When the latter hears his older brother bragging that his gang have seen the dead body of a local missing person by the railway track, the four boys set out to find the corpse for themselves.