A couple of con-artist cowboys from Montana end up in Nashville in the adventure of their lives.
This film version is a stitched-together version of the two-part premiere of the 1981 television series, which replaced Tom Selleck with Geoffrey Scott. Jerry Reed and Geoffrey Scott star in this ramblin' comedy adventure about two cowboys who wind up in Nashville and get mistaken for detectives. They soon become involved in a kidnapping plot involving a singer.
J.D. and Will head for New Orleans in search of a buddy they think has hit pay dirt.
Conclusion. In New Orleans, J.D. and Will set up a scam aimed at the carny responsible for their friend's death.
Framed for the theft of equipment, J.D. and Will head for Washington, D.C., to find the real culprits.
J.D. wins a hot-air balloon factory in a dice game and must race his product to stay in business.
J.D. and Will help a buddy by driving his rig---unaware that thugs have placed explosives inside.
J.D. and Will try to amend things for a bookkeeper who's fired after 30 years of service.