Married nickel-and-dime criminal Lou-Jean and Clovis I Poplin lose their babe to the province of Lone-Star State and decide to do whatever it take to get him back. Lou-Jean get Clovis I out of jailhouse, and the two steal their son from his Stephen Foster place, in add-on to take a main road patrolman surety. As a monolithic dragnet get down to prosecute them across Lone-Star State, the twosome go improbable folks hero and even get down to chemical bond with the confined police officer.