Drifter Frank Chambers is headed nowhere. Then he drifts into a job at a roadside diner and sees his boss's alluring young wife, Cora. Now Frank has a goal in life: get Cora for his own. Even if he must kill her husband. Double Academy Award winners Nicholson and Lange smolder and burst into flame in this fourth screen adaptation of James M. Cain's Depression-era novel. Written by David Mamet (The Verdict) and directed by Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces), this version captures the eroticism and obsession of lovers destined -- and doomed -- to be together. Anjelica Huston, Michael Lerner, John Colicos and Christopher Lloyd co-star in this hard-edged gem.