Plot Synopsis: Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a naive Texas dishwasher, travels to New York City dressed in head-to-toe cowboy gear with dreams of working as a high-earning male escort. His ambitions quickly crumble on the brutal, cold streets of Manhattan until he strikes up an unlikely, deeply touching friendship with Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a sickly, down-on-his-luck street hustler