Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.

Robin Williams
as Donald Quinelle

Walter Matthau
as Sonny Paluso

Jerry Reed
as Jack Locke

James Wainwright
as Wes Huntley

Kristen Vigard
as Candice Paluso

Joseph Carberry
as Detective Matt Burke

John Goodman
as Commando

Anne Pitoniak
as Betty

Bernard Barrow
as TV station manager

Marian Hailey
as Jack's Wife