<P> Three convicts, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O'Donnell, escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve a supposed treasure Everett buried before the area is flooded to make a lake . The three get a lift from a blind man driving a handcar on a railway . He tells them, among other prophecies, that they will find a fortune but not the one they seek . The trio make their way to the house of Wash, Pete's cousin . They sleep in the barn, but Wash reports them to Sheriff Cooley, who, along with his men, torches the barn . Wash's son helps them escape . </P> <P> They pick up Tommy Johnson, a young black man, who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play guitar . In need of money, the four stop at a radio station where they record a song as The Soggy Bottom Boys . That night, the trio part ways with Tommy after their car is discovered by the police . Unbeknownst to them, the recording becomes a major hit . </P> <P> Near a river, the group hears singing . They see three women washing clothes and singing . The women drug them with corn whiskey and they lose consciousness . Upon waking, Delmar finds Pete's clothes lying next to him, empty except for a toad . Delmar is convinced the women were Sirens and transformed Pete into the toad . Later, one - eyed Bible salesman Big Dan Teague invites them for a picnic lunch, then mugs them and kills the toad . </P> <P> Everett and Delmar arrive in Everett's home town . Everett confronts his wife Penny, who changed her last name and told his daughters he was dead . He gets into a fight with Vernon T. Waldrip, her new "suitor ." They later see Pete working on a chain gang . Later that night, they sneak into Pete's holding cell and free him . As it turns out, the women had dragged Pete away and turned him in to the authorities . Under torture, Pete gave away the treasure's location to the police . Everett then confesses that there is no treasure . He made it up to convince the guys he was chained with to escape with him in order to stop his wife from getting married . Pete is enraged at Everett, because he had two weeks left on his original sentence, and must serve fifty more years for the escape . </P>

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