Lightning Entertainment, the new LA boutique sales outfit run by Richard Guardian, has made its first acquisition, buying worldwide rights to the completed feature American Gun starring James Coburn, Virginia Madsen and Barbara Bain.

Written and directed by Alan Jacobs, who last directed Nina Takes A Lover, and produced by Brent Morris, American Gun stars Coburn as a a World War II veteran whose daughter is shot to death. While embarking on a cross-country trip in a desperate search for the killer, he confronts his own demons.

Lightning was set up by Guardian with partners Rich Goldberg and Marc Greenberg, principals of Mainline Releasing, to bring five to seven films to the marketplace a year. Lightning will operate autonomously from Mainline Releasing.