White Sands is the story of small town Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal (Willem Dafoe). One day Ray is driving his normal route checking up on his town when he discovers a dead body. Along with the dead body there is a briefcase filled with over five hundred thousand dollars. Ray hastily decides that he will impersonate the dead man and attempt to solve the mystery behind the man’s death and the money in the briefcase. Eventually Ray finds out that the entire scenario was a plot staged by the FBI to capture a group of known criminals, and now Dolezal must not only prove his innocence but aid their investigation.