迪克(乔治·席格 George Segal 饰)和妻子珍妮(简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰)已经携手走过了很多个年头了,一直以来,两个人都过着奢侈而又舒适的生活,他们甚至刚刚斥巨资在后院里建造了一个游泳池。然而,让迪克没有想到的是,在这个节骨眼上,他竟然遭到了公司的解雇,夫妻两人失去了所有经济来源,还背负上了七万美元的债务。 刚开始,好面子的迪克和珍妮想尽了一切方法试图向邻居和朋友们隐瞒他们糟糕的财务状况,并且试图在生活上维持原有的质量,但很快他们就发现,捉襟见肘的存款再也禁不起他们的挥霍了,于是,迪克和珍妮开始了他们疯狂的敛财计划。Manager Dick Harper and his attractive young wife Jane are used to a comfortable lifestyle. They just build a swimming-pool when Dick is fired very unexpectedly - leaving him with $70,000 debt on the house. They try to hide this from the neighbors and just cut down their expenses, but soon it's obvious: living from unemployment bonus drives them crazy, it's uncertain if they can keep the house. Dick doesn't see another way out than robbing drug stores - but this takes more skill than expected! Only as a team Dick and Jane can succeed.