Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.
- based on novel or book
- mental illness
- peeping tom
- death of mother
- voyeurism
- voyeur
- hidden room
- disturbed teenager
- hiding in attic
- accidental killing
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kim Hunter — Elaine Wilby
- John Fiedler — Mr. Roscoe
- Linda Watkins — Mrs. Schumacher
- Cindy Fisher — Babs Wood
- Cindy Eilbacher — Althea Wood
- Lisa Eilbacher — Ellen Wood
- Ted Eccles — Duane Matthews
- Roger Aaron Brown — Sergeant Carter
- Aneta Corsaut — Mrs. Matthews
- Angela Hoffman — Carol Matthews
- Karen Purcill — Wanda (as Karen Purcil)
- Directed
- Buzz Kulik
- Written
- Andrew Peter Marin
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 61 ratings
- Studio
- Lorimar Productions, ABC
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.
