Two carefree pals travelling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. They are defended by one of their cousins (Vinny), a former auto mechanic of Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. Vinny's never been in court and the case quickly turns into a hysterical escapade.

Dutch Dooley is a working-class good guy who's the new boyfriend of a wealthy big shot's ex-wife. But when the woman's spoiled son refuses to come home from his southern prep school for Thanksgiving, Dutch volunteers to pick the bratty boy up for a road trip back to Chicago that quickly goes hilariously wrong. From fireworks fiascos to hitchhiking with hookers, can a man who's really just a grown-up kid find a way to bring out the child in a little...

Due to bizarre circumstances, two young men find themselves charged with murder in Alabama, and due to lack of funds, one of them calls his New York cousin, Vincent Gambino, to act as their lawyer in the Deep South.