Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 121 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
Terry Brogan, a cynical former football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler, the runaway mistress of ruthless LA nightclub owner Jake Wise. But trouble brews when he tracks down and falls in love with the beautiful Jessie on a Mexican island—and Jake dispatches his henchman to bring the lovers back.
- escape
- manipulation
- redemption
- murder
- betrayal
- conspiracy
- double crossed
- double cross
- passion and romance
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jane Greer — Mrs. Wyler
- Richard Widmark — Ben Caxton
- Dorian Harewood — Tommy
- Swoosie Kurtz — Edie
- Saul Rubinek — Steve Kirsch
- Pat Corley — Ed Phillips
- Bill McKinney — Head Coach
- Allen Williams — Bob Soames
- Sam Scarber — Assistant Coach
- Paul Valentine — Councilman Weinberg
- Jonathan Terry — Ryskind
- Directed
- Taylor Hackford
- Written
- Daniel Mainwaring, Eric Hughes
Production
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 · 251 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, New Visions, Columbia-Delphi Productions
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.
