FATHER JACKLEG

Tedeum and his parents and granddad are all con men travelling around in a sailboat on wheels. When he inherits a mine from another well-known con man he assumes that it is false and tries to sell it. His first attempts turns out to be at the Texas sheriff convention and he has to escape together with another con man who is disguised as a monk. However, the mine does in fact exist, and the big boss Grant is out for it, though his confrontations with Tedeum usually ends in him losing his pants. Two female con men, the strong Betty and the beautiful Wendy, also get involved. In the end we find Grant, Tedeum, the monk and Tedeum's father as inmates of Laredo prison – because the mine lies right under it!

In the end, Grant, Tedeum, the fake monk, and Tedeum's father all end up as inmates of Laredo prison because the gold mine is revealed to be right under the prison itself.

The film’s conclusion is a comic reversal: the schemers' pursuit of fortune lands them literally behind bars, as their coveted mine turns out to be inaccessible beneath the prison. This ending underlines the film’s satirical take on greed and criminal ingenuity, suggesting that in this world of cons, the ultimate scam is on the scammers themselves.