After stealing millions of dollars from a Florida insurance company, 45-year old Sholam Weiss is sentenced to a staggering 845 years in prison. With a taste for the high life very much at odds with the American penal system, Weiss flees the country with US $30-million and his 27-year old girlfriend and creates a new life in Brazil under the alias "Charles Dick." Upon his escape, FBI Agent Joe Judge, the man who had relentlessly pursued Weiss for three years prior to his conviction, makes it his mission to catch the thief. The 1,000-day international pursuit finally ends in a dramatic confrontation at the Vienna International Airport.