Daniel Lucas, a criminal convicted for
armed robbery 4 years prior, is released from prison. Lucas hitches a ride with Detective Marvin Dugan, who drops him off at a bank Lucas sarcastically claims he will rob. As Lucas is opening an account, Ned Perry, an incompetent bank robber, arrives and holds up the bank. After an extended period of time attempting to grab a money bag from a chandelier, Perry
takes Lucas hostage and takes him outside. After a shootout and chase with police, Perry reveals he robbed the bank to get money for treatment for his
mute daughter, Meg. Dugan, who has since led the manhunt on the two, assumes they must be in it together given Lucas' history, and sets about tracking them down. After stopping to release Lucas, Perry accidentally shoots Lucas in the leg, forcing him to seek treatment from a
senile vet who thinks Lucas is a dog. Perry intends to leave the country with Meg, and Lucas refers him to an acquaintance who
sells fake passports. When Perry arrives, the owner reveals to him that he has since raised the prices, of which Perry does not have enough. The owner promptly calls Lucas, telling him he will turn Perry into the police if the money is not delivered. Lucas then rescues Perry, and forces him to
sign a confession proving Lucas' innocence. When Lucas leaves to turn in the confession, Meg begs him to stay. Lucas refuses and walks away, prompting Meg to follow and arrive at a park. Perry follows and finds Lucas, who both hide in a bush as police wander the park. The two watch as an old man sits with Meg, and after conversing with her for a bit, turns her into the police, much to Perry's dismay, and put Meg in a care home. Lucas turns in the confession slip, vindicating him and turning the manhunt fully on Perry. Lucas visits Meg, who has since refused to eat and talk after Lucas' departure, and Lucas leaves after giving Meg a stuffed animal. After leaving the home, Lucas stumbles upon Perry, who is still actively hiding from police. Refusing to not be able to see his daughter, Perry attempts to break into the care home, with Lucas joining him. Lucas and Perry enter the care home, and after taking Meg, nearly alert the guard there and escape to a different room. As they begin to leave, the men realize the girl is not Meg, and she screams, alerting the guard and compromising the men's cover. The guard, who holds Perry at gunpoint, trips on a toy and drops her gun, which he picks up and forces her to find Meg for him and the men leave. The three break into a home of a vacationing family, and after finding identification and passports, hatch a plan to impersonate the family and leave for Canada, with Lucas being the father, Perry being the mother, and after giving Meg a haircut, pass her off as the family's son. When the three hit a police roadblock, Lucas attempts to pass stating his "wife" is in labor. The police quickly escort them to a nearby hospital, and only after Perry is on the stretcher, he gets off and passes it off as a "
nervous pregnancy". The three later cross the border into Canada. As Perry enters a Canadian bank to change some currency, he finds himself taken hostage by a different bank robber in the same manner he originally kidnapped Lucas. Because of this unexpected development, Lucas, who originally intended to leave, stays with the two as the situation unfolds. ==Cast==