sters ▁Mitch ▁Sw ad ur ski ▁( H erman ▁Rud in ) ▁and ▁Len ny ▁Pot ter ▁( Ph il ip ▁Mans our ), ▁who ▁kill ▁Matt he ws ▁and ▁w ound ▁Don ah ue , ▁then ▁kill ▁the ▁push er ▁after ▁he ▁toss es ▁the ▁brief case ▁containing ▁the ▁hero in ▁into ▁the ▁under br ush . ▁ ▁Next ▁day , ▁the ▁case ▁is ▁found ▁by ▁eigh teen - year - old ▁Julian ▁" V es " ▁V esp ucci ▁( J on athon ▁Haz e ) ▁as ▁he ▁del ivers ▁gro cer ies ▁from ▁his ▁father ' s ▁store . ▁V es ▁and ▁his ▁p als , ▁would - be ▁artist ▁Jim ▁Bow ers ▁( Y ale ▁W ex ler ) ▁and ▁body builder ▁Nick ▁Raymond ▁( Mor ris ▁Miller ) ▁find ▁the ▁case ▁contains ▁samples ▁of ▁women ' s ▁cos met ics . ▁The ▁can ister ▁containing ▁the ▁hero in ▁is ▁l abeled ▁" face ▁pow der ," ▁so ▁they ▁throw ▁the ▁can ▁away , ▁although ▁Jim ▁keeps ▁some ▁pow der ▁for ▁his ▁girl ▁friend ▁Kath y . ▁ ▁The ▁boys ▁pa wn ▁the ▁brief case . ▁Jim ▁takes ▁the ▁samples ▁to ▁Kath y ▁and ▁propos es ▁to ▁her . ▁Kath y ▁is ▁afraid ▁he ▁will ▁be ▁unable ▁to ▁support ▁them . ▁Jim ▁sees ▁a ▁newspaper ▁head line ▁about ▁the ▁missing ▁n arc ot ics . ▁He ▁r ush es ▁to ▁tell ▁Nick ▁and ▁V es , ▁but ▁the ▁can ister ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁picked ▁up ▁by ▁a ▁garbage ▁tr