A retiring detective investigates the death of a Japanese businessman and has reason to believe the second wife is responsible.
A lonely housewife (Rosanna Arquette) starts an affair with an aspiring writer (Peter Horton) after she finds the ditched gun.
The wife (Daryl Hannah) and numerous lovers of a wealthy womanizer (Randy Quaid) receive pieces of the gun; with Jennifer Tilly; Sean Young; Sally Kellerman.
An unhappy girl and a mysterious boy each spot the gun, now at the bottom of a swimming hole; with Carrie Fisher; Kirsten Dunst; Johnny Whitworth.
A deceased priest's nephew (Fred Ward) searches for an explanation when the gun and a large sum of cash turn up in his beloved uncle's possessions.