Based on the recent best-selling novel by Dominick Dunne - the story of how the rich exert their influence, no matter what the human price. A billionaire (Jason Robards) with an elegant wife (Jill Eikenberry) is having a passionate affair with a tough, yet vulnerable waitress, Flo March (Rebecca De Mornay). A murder at their mountaintop estate threatens to destroy their comfortable, insulated lives. A young and ambitious writer (Peter Gallagher) is determined to uncover the sordid truth. Thrust into this ruthless world of wealth, power and class, Flo March never had a chance.