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