When the long con experts are all taken for a ride by an American con artist, they must find out who he is and what he wants. Turns out it's legendary con James Whittaker Wright III, who's come to town to look for a crew of great hustlers to take on greedy merchant bankers Cornfoots and avenge the death of his grandpappy, a great 19th century con artist. But isn't the greatest con of all to con another con?