Wally (Richard Pryor) is blind. Dave (Gene Wilder) is deaf. When Wally goes to work at Dave's New York newsstand, they find themselves in an unusual and dangerous situation when a man is murdered right in front of them. Unfortunately, Dave has his back turned, and Wally can't see! As fate would have it, they become suspects, and the bad guys will stop at nothing to keep them from blowing the lid off the case. Director Arthur Hiller once again reunites the formidable comic presences of Pryor and Wilder, who starred in his 1976 film SILVER STREAK.