Jonas号称是个很有经验的治疗师，但实际上他却是个大骗子。他总是在书中用尽浑身解数吸引大家来观看自己的表演。Jonas（Steve Martin饰）和他的团队总是在做全国旅行，在一些比较大的城镇或城市，然后就开始吸引观众来看他们表演。在他的团队中，也包括一个叫（Jane Debra Winger饰）的女孩，她满心等待着浪漫的爱情到来。当他们的一辆卡车在一座小镇中抛锚了，Jonas立刻想到了在这个小镇里赚钱的主意，尽管在这里赚钱不是那么容易的事，但是Jonas决定迎难而上。其实，他决定留在这座镇上的另一个原因是，他对镇上的饭馆女招待Marva（Lolita Davidovich饰）产生了好感，然而Marva可不是那么随便的女孩，Jonas这下遇到了麻烦。与此同时，镇上另有一个执法严明的警长Sheriff Will Braverman（Liam Neeson饰），他已经看穿了Jonas的把戏，决心要拆穿他们……

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