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Fallen Angels

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Dead-End for Delia

Air Date:01/08/1993

Detective Kelley is called to investigate a murder and we discover his wife Delia, a dance-hall hostess, has been murdered. We learn Kelley's past invovement with Delia and what happened via a very convoluted point-of-view.

Crew

Name: Phil Joanou

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Declan Quinn

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Stan Salfas

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: William Campbell Gault

Role: Story

Department: Writing

Name: Scott Frank

Role: Teleplay

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Gary Oldman

Character: Pat Kelley

Department: Acting

Name: Meg Tilly

Character: Lois Weldon

Department: Acting

Name: Gabrielle Anwar

Character: Delia

Department: Acting

Name: Paul Guilfoyle

Character: Steve Prokowski

Department: Acting

Name: Vondie Curtis-Hall

Character: David O'Connor

Department: Acting

Name: Dan Hedaya

Character: Lt. Calender

Department: Acting

Name: Wayne Knight

Character: Leo Cunningham

Department: Acting

Name: John Putch

Character: Officer Barnes

Department: Directing

Name: Thomas Kopache

Character: Chief

Department: Acting

Name: Alpheus Merchant

Character: Janitor

Department: Acting

Name: Scott Weintraub

Character: Man in Foyer

Department: Acting

Name: Patrick Massett

Character: Joe Helgeson

Department: Writing

Name: Frank Patton III

Character: Boss

Department: Acting

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Episode: 2

I'll Be Waiting

Air Date:15/08/1993

Eve Cressy is a gangster's moll who awaits the return of her lover from prison. She meets Tony Reseck, the hotel dick, whose attempt to protect her end in violence.

Crew

Name: Tom Hanks

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Peter Suschitzky

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Raymond Chandler

Role: Story

Department: Writing

Name: Stan Salfas

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Gary Frutkoff

Role: Production Design

Department: Art

Name: C. Gaby Mitchell

Role: Teleplay

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Bruno Kirby

Character: Tony Reseck

Department: Acting

Name: Marg Helgenberger

Character: Eve Cressy

Department: Acting

Name: Jon Polito

Character: Al Reseck

Department: Acting

Name: Dan Hedaya

Character: Johnny Ralls

Department: Acting

Name: Dick Miller

Character: Carl

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Scolari

Character: Clerk

Department: Acting

Name: Tom Hanks

Character: Trouble Boy #1

Department: Acting

Name: Manny Perry

Character: Trouble Boy #2

Department: Crew

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Episode: 3

The Quiet Room

Air Date:29/08/1993

In the 1940's and 1950's some members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had more interests than their slogan suggests: to protect and to serve. In this episode sadistic Streeter and brutal Creighton are corrupt cops whose antics lead to a nasty and tragic end when a shakedown plan goes awry.

Crew

Name: Steven Soderbergh

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Emmanuel Lubezki

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Frank E. Smith

Role: Story

Department: Writing

Name: Stan Salfas

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Howard A. Rodman

Role: Teleplay

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Joe Mantegna

Character: Carl Streeter

Department: Acting

Name: Bonnie Bedelia

Character: Sally Creighton

Department: Acting

Name: Vinessa Shaw

Character: Jeannie Streeter

Department: Acting

Name: Patrick Breen

Character: Doc

Department: Acting

Name: J.E. Freeman

Character: Johnny Cabe

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Gallagher

Character: Dr. Yorgrau

Department: Acting

Name: Wayne Grace

Character: Sergeant

Department: Acting

Name: Kathy Kinney

Character: Mrs. Sullivan

Department: Acting

Name: Genia Michaela

Character: Helen

Department: Acting

Name: Hank Stone

Character: Cop #1

Department: Acting

Name: Norman Large

Character: Cop #2

Department: Acting

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Episode: 4

The Frightening Frammis

Air Date:05/09/1993

We meet our anti-hero, grifter Mitch Allison, disheveled and walking by the side of the road. He tells us in a flash back narrative how he stole $25,000 from his con-artist wife Bette and jumped on a train hoping to double the money in a scam. He meets sultry Babe and gets involved in more than he bargained for. The twists and turns never stop in this fast paced tale.

Crew

Name: Tom Cruise

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Jon Robin Baitz

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Peter Suschitzky

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Jon Robin Baitz

Role: Teleplay

Department: Writing

Name: Howard A. Rodman

Role: Teleplay

Department: Writing

Name: Jim Thompson

Role: Story

Department: Writing

Name: David Siegel

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

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Guest Stars

Name: Bill Erwin

Character: Chick

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Gallagher

Character: Mitch Allison

Department: Acting

Name: Jean Speegle Howard

Character: Dolly

Department: Acting

Name: Gene Price

Character: Evangelist

Department: Acting

Name: John C. Reilly

Character: Martin Lonsdale

Department: Acting

Name: Isabella Rossellini

Character: Babe Lonsdale

Department: Acting

Name: Nancy Travis

Character: Bette Allison

Department: Acting

Name: Joe Viterelli

Character: Ugolino

Department: Acting

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Episode: 5

Murder, Obliquely

Air Date:19/09/1993

Annie, in true noir fashion, fatalistically falls in love with a millionaire who is quite bewitched by another lover and is not afraid to show it. In flashback narrative Annie explains that she met Dwight six weeks earlier and soon we understand Dwight's total obsession with "the other woman." How far will Dwight go to win and keep the love of his adored Bernette? What must Annie do to win Dwight's love?

Crew

Name: Alfonso Cuarón

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Emmanuel Lubezki

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Cornell Woolrich

Role: Story

Department: Writing

Name: David Siegel

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Amanda Silver

Role: Teleplay

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Laura Dern

Character: Annie Ainsley

Department: Acting

Name: Alan Rickman

Character: Dwight Billings

Department: Acting

Name: Diane Lane

Character: Bernette Stone

Department: Acting

Name: Robin Bartlett

Character: Jean Medill

Department: Acting

Name: Patrick Massett

Character: Paul 'The Cipher' Medill

Department: Writing

Name: John A. Zee

Character: Luther

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Vartan

Character: Harry Stone

Department: Acting

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Episode: 6

Since I Don't Have You

Air Date:26/09/1993

In this comic noir, fixer-bag-man Buzz Meeks is hired by both of his bosses--the multi-talented Howard Hughes and the gangster Mickey Cohen--to find, oops, the same girl whom they have both fallen madly in love with. This quite hilarious episode, narrated by "Buzz" in flashback, is peppered with many tales about the characters that made Los Angeles in the 1950's so incredibly interesting. Please suspend your disbelief in this episode and enjoy the ride.