Ray Dolezal, a bored Torrance County, New Mexico Deputy Sheriff, investigates an apparent suicide in the desert. Alongside the body of Bob Spencer is a suitcase containing $500,000. During the autopsy, they find a digested piece of paper with a phone number; Dolezal, posing as Spencer, calls the number and goes to a meeting, where he is robbed and instructed to meet Gorman Lennox at a restaurant. FBI agent Greg Meeker intercepts Dolezal and informs him that Spencer was an undercover agent. Now that Dolezal has lost the money, Meeker suggests he continue posing as Spencer to recover the money or help arrest Lennox.
Dolezal meets Lennox and his wealthy associate Lane Bodine and learns the money is to arm left-wing freedom fighters in South America. The arms dealers demo the guns for Dolezal and Lennox but demand an additional $250,000 due to unforeseen expenses. Meeker pushes the responsibility on Dolezal, who romances his way into Lane’s life so she will attract rich humanitarian donors to fund the deal. Two FBI internal affairs agents suspect Dolezal of killing Spencer and stealing the money. Dolezal is forced to admit to Lane he is not really Spencer, but she agrees to help raise the money because she finds Dolezal a better alternative to the volatile Lennox.
Dolezal learns from Noreen, who had an affair with the real Spencer, that he was working with an FBI agent who likely killed him. Noreen runs away at the sight of Meeker, and the internal affairs agents grab Dolezal. Lennox runs the agents off the road; Dolezal flees and returns to Lane. He discovers Noreen shot dead and a Polaroid of her with Spencer and Meeker.
Dolezal breaks into a surveillance van outside Lane’s house and beats up the FBI agent. He accuses Meeker of killing Spencer and Noreen. Meeker admits he took the $500,000 without authorization to steal it and capture Lennox at the same time, but Spencer lost his nerve and wanted out. Lennox meets Dolezal and reveals the two internal affairs agents tied up in the trunk of his car. They drive into the desert, where Lennox says he knows Dolezal is not Spencer, because Lennox is really a CIA agent who wants the arms deal to go through, ensuring the survival of the military–industrial complex.
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Dolezal uncovers the money in a briefcase buried in Lane’s horse’s stall. He kidnaps Meeker, takes him to White Sands, and handcuffs him to a pipe inside an abandoned building. Lennox arrives and reveals that Lane is waiting at the base entrance, and asks where his money is located. Dolezal tells him the briefcase is in the abandoned building, but when Lennox walks in, Meeker shoots and kills him. After disabling Lennox’s car, Dolezal picks up Lane. He drops her off at her estate and explains that he needs to return to his family. Before the FBI arrives, Meeker breaks the pipe he was cuffed to and runs through the desert with the briefcase.
As the FBI catches up with him, Meeker stumbles and drops the briefcase which breaks open, revealing it contains nothing but sand. Dolezal left the original $500,000 he was suspected of stealing in the trunk of Lennox’s car so the FBI would stop investigating him. Dolezal is seen driving home, a free man. Watch the thrilling story of White Sands for free now and uncover the twists and turns of this gripping tale of deception.