Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he's been approached with a dangerous proposition that ultimately leads to blackmail. Richter's friend Ronnie ropes him into a scheme to steal the inheritance of his wife, Vicky.

• ITC Entertainment
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
• Eric Stoltz
• James Spader
• Deborah Kara Unger
• Joanna Going
• Michael Rooker
• Mary Tyler Moore
• James Coburn
• Peter Strauss