Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
- prostitute
- showdown
- based on novel or book
- investigation
- los angeles
- california
- alcoholic
- private detective
- warehouse
- neo-noir
- 1980s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jeff Bridges
Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
Rosanna Arquette
Sarah
Randy Brooks
Willie 'Chance' Walker
Alexandra Paul
Sunny
- Andy Garcia — Angel Moldonado
- Tommy Lister Jr. — Nose Guard
- Vyto Ruginis — Durkin
- Gene Ross — Slim
- Lisa Sloan — Linda Scudder
- Christa Denton — Laurie Scudder
- Vance Valencia — Quintero
- Wilfredo Hernández — Hector Lopez
- Luisa Leschin — Hector's Wife
- Henry O. Arnold — Homicide Detective
- James Avery — Deputy D.A.
- Directed
- Hal Ashby
- Written
- Oliver Stone, R. Lance Hill, Robert Towne
Production
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 · 151 ratings
- Studio
- PSO
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