Yağmurun sağanak halinde yağdığı karanlık bir gecede, beş adam iyi planlanmış bir tren soygunu düzenler ve 10 milyon dolarlık, dokuz tonluk altın sevkiyatını alıp kaçarlar. Devasa sevkiyatı, üç gizli kamyon yüküne bölen ekip, mükemmel bir kaçış olacağını umdukları bir yere doğru, ülke çapında göze çarpmayan bir kaçış planı yapmışlardır.
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.