AN AMERICAN NEO-NOIR ANTHOLOGY set in somber Los Angeles, after World War II and prior to the election of president John F. Kennedy.

FALLEN ANGELS

1993-1996

Fallen Angels is a neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on Showtime and was produced by Propaganda Films, and executive produced by Sydney Pollack.

Set in a melancholic post-World War II Los Angeles, predating John F. Kennedy's presidency, the series, despite being filmed in color, artfully emulated the brooding essence of 1940s and 1950s film noir, capturing its tone, aesthetics, and narrative essence.

A handful of episodes were directed by notable actors, such as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Kiefer Sutherland.

SHOWTIME・1993・NEO-NOIR・TELEVISION・ANTHOLOGY

  • Steven Soderbergh — 2 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Tom Cruise — 1 Episode (1993)

    Alfonso Cuarón — 1 Episode (1993)

    Tom Hanks — 1 Episode (1993)

    Phil Joanou — 1 Episode (1993)

    Jonathan Kaplan — 1 Episode (1993)

    Peter Bogdanovich — 1 Episode (1995)

    John Dahl — 1 Episode (1995)

    Keith Gordon — 1 Episode (1995)

    Agnieszka Holland — 1 Episode (1995)

    Tim Hunter — 1 Episode (1995)

    Michael Lehmann — 1 Episode (1995)

    Jim McBride — 1 Episode (1995)

    Kiefer Sutherland — 1 Episode (1995)

  • William Horberg — 9 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Howard A. Rodman — 3 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Cornell Woolrich — 3 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Raymond Chandler — 2 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Steven Katz — 2 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Jon Robin Baitz — 1 Episode (1993)

    James Ellroy — 1 Episode (1993)

    Scott Frank — 1 Episode (1993)

    William Campbell Gault — 1 Episode (1993)

    C. Gaby Mitchell — 1 Episode (1993)

    Amanda Silver — 1 Episode (1993)

    Frank E. Smith — 1 Episode (1993)

    Jim Thompson — 1 Episode (1993)

    Bruno Fischer — 1 Episode (1995)

    David Goodis — 1 Episode (1995)

    Dashiell Hammett — 1 Episode (1995)

    Evan Hunter — 1 Episode (1995)

    Don MacPherson — 1 Episode (1995)

    Scott McGehee — 1 Episode (1995)

    Walter Mosley — 1 Episode (1995)

    Frank Pugliese — 1 Episode (1995)

    Allan Scott — 1 Episode (1995)

    David Siegel — 1 Episode (1995)

    Mickey Spillane — 1 Episode (1995)

    Alan Trustman — 1 Episode (1995)

    Richard Wesley — 1 Episode (1995)

    Donald E. Westlake — 1 Episode (1995)

  • Tim Clawson — Executive Producer: 12 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Lindsay Doran — Executive Producer: 10 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Steve Golin — Supervising Producer: 10 Episodes (1993–1995)

    William Horberg — Producer: 10 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Sydney Pollack — Executive Producer: 10 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Stuart Cornfeld — Producer: 6 Episodes (1995)

    Andrew Golov — Associate Producer: 6 Episodes (1995)

    Michael Nelson — Co-Producer: 6 Episodes (1995)

    Reid Shane — Associate Producer: 4 Episodes (1993)

    David Wisnievitz — Co-Producer: 4 Episodes (1993)

    Steven Hewitt — Executive Producer: 1 Episode (1995)

  • Prologue Narrator / Abbazzia: Miguel Ferrer

    Fay Friendly - Host: Lynette Walden

    Auger / Detective Copernik / Johnny Ralls / Lt. Calender: Dan Hedaya

    Customer #2 / Holcomb / Manager: Bernard Hocke

    Augie / Joe Wales: Peter Berg

    Pat Marino / Sergeant: Wayne Grace

    Bartender / Virna: Grace Zabriskie

  • Peter Bernstein

  • Robert Brinkmann — 4 Episodes (1995)

    Robert M. Stevens — 4 Episodes (1995)

    Emmanuel Lubezki — 2 Episodes (1993)

    Declan Quinn — 2 Episodes (1993)

    Peter Suschitzky — 2 Episodes (1993)

  • Stan Salfas — 6 Episodes (1993–1995)

    David Siegel — 6 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Quincy Z. Gunderson — 1 Episode (1995)

  • Debra Zane — 6 Episodes (1995)

    Rachel Abroms — 4 Episodes (1993)

    Owens Hill — 4 Episodes (1993)

  • Rick Heinrichs — 6 Episodes (1995)

    Armin Ganz — 3 Episodes (1993)

    Gary Frutkoff — 1 Episodes (1993)

  • Jim Dultz — 6 Episodes (1995)

    Kirk M. Petruccelli — 2 Episodes (1993)

    Lisette Thomas — 2 Episodes (1993)

  • Kathryn Peters — 8 Episodes (1993–1995)

    Kate Sullivan — 2 Episodes (1993)

  • Katherine Dover — 6 Episodes (1995)

    Shay Cunliffe — 4 Episodes (1993)

  • Baltimore Pictures

    Mirage Enterprises

    Propaganda Films

    Showtime Networks

  • BBC Two — TV: 1995 (UK) 🇬🇧

    NHK-BS2 — TV: 1995 (Japan) 🇯🇵

    Showtime Networks — TV: 1993-1995 (USA) 🇺🇸

    mediacs AG — DVD: 2003 (Germany) 🇩🇪

EPISODES

Featured
1. Dead-End for Delia
1. Dead-End for Delia

Hardboiled Irish-American police sergeant Pat Kelley investigates the murder of his estranged wife Delia, a provocative and flirty dance-hall hostess.

2. I'll Be Waiting
2. I'll Be Waiting

Eve Cressy hides in a fancy hotel awaiting the return of her vengeful gangster ex-lover from prison. She meets Tony Reseck, the hotel dick, whose attempt to protect her ends in violence.

3. The Quiet Room
3. The Quiet Room

Streeter and Creighton are corrupt LAPD cops whose antics lead to a nasty and tragic end when a shakedown plan goes awry.

4. The Frightening Frammis
4. The Frightening Frammis

Mitch Allison steals $25,000 from his con-artist wife Bette and jumps on a train hoping to double the money in a scam where he meets a sultry woman and gets involved in more than he bargained for.

5. Murder, Obliquely
5. Murder, Obliquely

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.

6. Since I Don't Have You
6. Since I Don't Have You

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.

Featured
1. Love and Blood
1. Love and Blood

A disfigured down-on-his-luck Irish boxer living in America is manipulated by his vamp ex, who's now with a gangster.

2. The Professional Man
2. The Professional Man

Johnny is a lift boy by day and a cold-hearted hitman for Charn, an unhinged gangster by night who is in a relationship with Paul, a bartender from Charn's club. Jealous of Johnny, Charn orders him to kill Paul.

3. A Dime a Dance
3. A Dime a Dance

A serial killer is preying on dance hall girls. One of them, Ginger, falls for a charming young police detective who's working on the case.

4. Good Housekeeping
4. Good Housekeeping

A dangerous blind gangster, his henchman and his girlfriend hold a meek housewife hostage in her home, claiming that they're there for her husband, who's away. Certain that they've confused them with someone else, she tries to escape.

5. Fly Paper
5. Fly Paper

In 1929, a famed PD known as the Continental Op is on the trail of a well-known socialite who ran away with a notorious gangster and is now missing.

6. Tomorrow I Die
6. Tomorrow I Die

A secretive man who may or may not be a famous Hollywood actor visits a small town bar where a ruthless gang of bank robbers mistakes him for the town's mayor, taking him hostage along with the sheriff and his family.

7. Fearless
7. Fearless

In 1945, an African American G.I. is saved from two racist cops by another soldier, who asks him to return the favor by helping his girlfriend free herself from the manager of the bar where she sings.

8. The Black Bargain
8. The Black Bargain

An embattled mob boss whose gunsels have just been massacred by a rival, hides out in a hotel room waiting for assistance promised by an out-of-town hood.

9. Red Wind
9. Red Wind

In 1940s, a man helps a dame in trouble whose lovers are offing each other over a possibly fake pearl necklace.

Where to Watch

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AWARDS

  • CABLEACE AWARD

    ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC SERIES

    Gary Oldman for episode Dead End for Delia

    1994

  • CABLEACE AWARD

    DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND/OR LIGHTING DIRECTION IN A COMEDY OR DRAMATIC SERIES

    Emmanuel Lubezki for Murder Obliquely

    1994

  • CABLEACE AWARD

    DIRECTING A DRAMATIC SERIES

    Alfonso Cuarón for Murder Obliquely

    1994