两个没有天赋的歌手 塞缪尔和埃迪 被卓普设计陷害去撬保险箱，从而被卓普的老大——黑手党老大误认为他们两人的能帮助他撬开保险柜，紧接着，两人的出人意料的命运开始了……

Two untalented singers (Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn) are mistaken for a pair of major league safecrackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter (Christina Kirk) of the underworld leader (Harvey Fierstein) who won"t date the men she knows are gangsters.