In Arthur Hiller's lighthearted comedy, Wally (Richard Pryor) is blind, and Dave (Gene Wilder) is deaf. But when a man is murdered outside the newsstand where they work, the police collar the unlikely duo and tag them as the primary suspects. The plot thickens when the pair are sprung from jail by two criminals (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) posing as lawyers who have something other than their clients' best interests in mind.