Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
- prison
- san francisco
- california
- knife
- partner
- revenge
- convict
- buddy cop
- tough cop
- fake fight
- dysfunctional relationship
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- James Remar — Albert Ganz
- David Patrick Kelly — Luther
- Sonny Landham — Billy Bear
- Brion James — Ben Kehoe
- Kerry Sherman — Rosalie, Hostage Girl
- Jonathan Banks — Algren
- James Keane — Vanzant
- Tara King — Frizzy, Hotel Desk Clerk
- Greta Blackburn — Lisa, Blonde Hooker
- Margot Rose — Casey
- Denise Crosby — Sally
- Directed
- Walter Hill
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 1,782 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
