该片编剧为法雷利和《绿皮书》的联合编剧Brian Currie及Pete Jones(《嘿咻卡》)，改编自纪实书《The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War》，讲述John "Chickie" Donohue的真实故事：越南战争时期的1967年，26岁的前美国海军陆战队成员Donohue从纽约出发，去越南寻找正在当兵的三个儿时好友，给他们送去啤酒。
For the sake of the family, Vyacheslav Lazarev left the big aviation. The usual routine of Lazarev and his son Kolya is disrupted by a small bear cub, huddled in the cockpit of one of the planes. Little Mansur - as Lazarev and the others called him - having escaped from poachers, becomes attached to Lazarev.
