Presented by Oscar nominated director Robert Altman, this anthology series follows the path of a handgun and the impact it has on the lives of those who encountered it. An all-star cast, acclaimed writers and directors, all contribute a different story to each riveting episode.
A struggling L.A. actor decides to return with his family to Virginia. En route, he stops at a convenience store, where he interrupts a robbery and winds up using the thief's gun to prevent his own son's kidnapping. Acclaimed a hero, the down-and-out actor finds himself an overnight celebrity with a movie deal.
The last case for retiring cop Van Guinness involves the death of a Japanese businessman. Circumstantial evidence points to the man's cold-hearted second wife, but Van Guinness can't make a move until he finds the murder weapon.
A housewife drifts into an affair with an author suffering from writer's block. Complicating matters is her overprotective husband, who owns a gun that, unbeknownst to him, could be used as evidence against a terrorist.
After the death of a golf-club president, womanizer Bill Johnson is elected the new leader. But though he's now in carge at the club, he's losing his grip on the many women he's seeing.
A teen longing to escape her abusive home life befriends a young man on parole after eight years in prison for the shooting of his girlfriend.
A priest's cynical nephew returns home for his uncle's funeral. But his hero worship turns to intense curiosity when he discovers a large sum of money and a gun among his uncle's possessions.
