Fallen Angels 1 Movie Review 1993

Trilogy of hard-boiled, film noirish tales set in Los Angeles. "The Frightening Frammis" concerns a grifter (Gallagher) who meets his match in a mystery woman (Rossellini) in this adaptation of a Jim Thompson story. Cruise's directorial debut. "Murder, Obliquely" finds a plain Jane (Dern) falling for a heel (Rickman) who may have murdered his previous girl in a Cornell Woolrich tale. "Since I Don't Have You" has Buzz Meeks (Busey) hired to find a dame sought by both Howard Hughes (Matheson) and gangster Mickey Cohen (Woods). From a story by James Elroy.

Distribution

USA Home Entertainment, 1 W. Forest, Englewood, NJ 07631-4004, Phone: (201)871-1000, URL: http://www.polygram-us.com

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Anthology, Film Noir, Adapted from a Story

Screenplay

Jon Robin Baitz, Howard A. Rodman, Amanda Silver, Steven Katz

Cast

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

Director

Tom Cruise, Alfonso Cuaron, Jonathan Kaplan

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Producer

Sydney Pollack, Mirage Productions, Propaganda Films, Showtime Networks