A bank robber resolves to go straight after his release from prison. However, on his first day of freedom, he ends up as an innocent bystander during a heist. When the cops assume he is the brains of the operation, he is forced to go on the run with the bungling real culprit, who is only trying to pay for medical treatment for his daughter. Comedy, with Nick Nolte, Martin Short and James Earl Jones.

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.