Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks star in this cop comedy based on the cult '50s TV series. With his new laid-back partner Peb Streebek (Hanks), LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday (Aykroyd) is assigned to investigate the activities of a cult run by porn magazine magnate Jerry Caesar (Dabney Coleman) and television evangelist Reverend Jonathan Whirley (Christopher Plummer), who they believe may be responsible for a recent series of unusual robberies. Along the way the duo save the virginal Connie Swail (Alexandra Paul) and earn the enmity of Friday's uncle's former partner, Captain Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan), who is now their supervising officer.