ex reporter jacob asch ( eric robert ) be hire by an acquaintance ( raymond j. barry ) to find his ex wife and son . asch head to palm spring and quickly locate the ex laine ( beverly dangelo ) with someone he believe to be the son ( a young johnny depp ) . but thing turn out to be a bit more complicated a asch discovers former white trash laine have definitely marry up in the form of millionaire simon fleischer ( dan hedaya ) and her first son be nowhere to be see . director or writer matthew chapman be channel body heat here and this mid 80 neo noir be watchable enough thanks to an all star cast and nice location . dangelo be still look good around this time and so she make for a good femme fatale and isn not afraid to show some skin . however and the mystery isn not very compel in the end . co star dennis lipscomb and emily longstreth and henry gibson . chapman make several thriller in the 80 and but his big career achievement be co author the screenplay for the infamous color of night .