The unhappy wife of a Mafia hitman finds the perfect chance to escape the world of organised crime when her husband is killed. But any hopes of breaking free to start a new life are soon curtailed when she finds both mobsters and the FBI hot on her trail. Gangster comedy, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Dean Stockwell, Matthew Modine, Alec Baldwin, Mercedes Ruehl, Oliver Platt and Joan Cusack