内德的步枪是三部曲的最终章前两部分别是傻子亨利Henry Fool和国家密码Fay Grim为以另类眼光看美国社会的边缘提供了一个恰到好处的结尾 在这部电影中HenryThomas Jay Ryan 饰傻子亨利片中角色和FayParker Posey 饰国家密码片中角色也出现了但他们变成了一幅画像慈爱地看着他们的儿子NedNed今年十八岁最近才刚从证人保护计划中释放尽管基督教徒从他的养父一个教堂牧师手中接过他抚养但Ned还是设定了报仇的目标杀死他的父亲因为那个人毁了他母亲的生活当这个严肃又端庄的年轻人开始他的复仇之旅他很快就发现自己进入了典型的哈特利式的异端分子的团伙中……
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson#39;s interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey#39;s protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey#39;s young nephew John
