Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are best friends, yet they couldn't be more different. Hap is an East Texas white boy with a weakness for women. Leonard is a gay, black Vietnam vet. Together, they steer up more commotion than a firestorm. But that's just the way they like it. When Hap's old flame Trudy struts in with a plan to make some serious money, Hap lets Leonard in on the scam to dredge the local river for half a million in long-lost hold-up money, and that's when things get interesting.