The Day of the Lame Duck

Jaimie (Kurt Russell) meets political has-been Piggy Trewblood---in the act of committing suicide. When Jaimie stops Piggy Trewblood from hanging himself, he doesn't realize the mess that it all leads to. Piggy hopes to buy back his wife, Zoe Pigalle, who he gambled away for 700 dollars. But his efforts to do this land himself, Linc, and Doc in jail, and Jaimie being held as ransom for the money.