: Tommy Nowak (Clint Eastwood) is a skip tracer—a bounty hunter who uses various disguises to catch bail-jumpers. He is hired to track down Lou Ann after she misses a court date. Tommy eventually catches up with her in Reno, but his professional mission shifts when he realizes she is being hunted by Roy and his neo-Nazi "psycho friends" who want their money back.

: The plot kicks off when Lou Ann McGuinn (Bernadette Peters) decides to leave her husband, Roy, a member of a white supremacist group. To make her getaway, she steals his prized 1959 pink Cadillac —unaware that the trunk is stuffed with $250,000 in counterfeit money belonging to Roy’s dangerous associates.

: The journey leads to a final showdown where Tommy and Lou Ann must use the pink Cadillac—and a bit of wit—to take down the gang and secure their safety.