Fallen Angels, Vol. 1

• Directors: Tom Cruise; Alfonso Cuarón; Jonathan Kaplan
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Themes: Dangerous Attraction, Cons and Scams
• Release Year: 1993
• Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

This film noir style, made-for-TV movie contains three parts, each based on stories by three different authors (Jim Thompson, Cornell Woolrich, and James Elroy). It looks as if a con-artist (Peter Gallagher) has finally met someone who can pull the wool over his eyes in "The Frightening Frammis." In "Murder, Obliquely," a shifty man (Alan L. Rickman) manages to win the affections of a woman (Laura Dern). Little does she know that his former girlfriend might have been murdered by his own hands. The mobster Mickey Cohen (James Woods) and Howard Hughes (Tim Matheson) both have their eyes on the same woman and Buzz Meeks (Gary Busey) has been contracted to seek her out in "Since I Don't Have You." ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Cast

Robin Bartlett; Gary Busey; Laura Dern; Bill Erwin; Peter Gallagher; Aimee Graham; Diane Lane; Ken Lerner; Dick Miller; John C. Reilly; Alan Rickman; Isabella Rossellini; Nancy Travis; Tim Matheson; James Woods

Credit

Tom Cruise - Director, Alfonso Cuarón - Director, Jonathan Kaplan - Director, Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score), Jim Thompson - Short Story Author, Cornell Woolrich - Short Story Author, James Ellroy - Short Story Author