Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
- strike
- guitar
- jail guard
- prison warden
- survival
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Seymour Cassel — Lt. Seeman
- Mickey Rourke — Jan the Actress
- Tom Arnold — Buck Rowan
- John Heard — James Decker
- Chris Bauer — Bad Eye
- Rockets Redglare — Big Rand
- Jake La Botz — Jesse
- Mark Engelhardt — T.J.
- Edward Bunker — Buzzard
- Victor Pagan — Psycho Mike
- Ernest Harden Jr. — Richland
- Directed
- Steve Buscemi
- Written
- John Steppling, Edward Bunker
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 271 ratings
- Studio
- Franchise Pictures, Industry Entertainment Partners, Phoenician Entertainment, Artists Production Group, Phoenician Films
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.
