Plot Outline: Flimp Lopez (Billy Gallo) and Sam Wechter (Blair Singer), the "Spanish" and the Jew, are outcasts in the near ghost town of Oiltown, Oklahoma, where they work together in the local junkyard. Sam, awkward and insecure, idolizes Flimp, a thick-skinned, independent outsider who dreams of living the high-life in a beautiful faraway place. Hearing rumors that a wealthy "Spanish" has moved into a big house in town, Flimp and Sam have nothing better to do on a Friday night than to stop by and take a look. Their adventure quickly escalates from drunken curiosity to a prominent place on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
On the road, they meet Patricia (Camryn Manheim) and Lorna (Tonie Perensky), who they "liberate" from nutcracking at a roadside stand. Flimp is instantly hot for Patricia, a tough-talking zaftig woman; the romance that develops is as touching as it is unlikely. Sam's relationship with Lorna is thornier.
Their trail is picked up by George (J.E. Freeman), the Federal agent held responsible for the Oiltown debacle. Now on the verge of losing his job, he alienates everyone he meets on his journey, while contemplating the daughter he loves but inadvertently treats unkindly. George's story is a lonely one -- his only ally is Joe (Victor Slezak), a fellow agent he talks to over the carphone.
"Fools Gold's" comic climax violates expectations, boomeranging the story into uncharted territory.

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