Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
- based on novel or book
- himalaya mountain range
- nun
- mountain
- forbidden love
- india
- bengal
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Esmond Knight — The Old General
- Jean Simmons — Kanchi
- Kathleen Byron — Sister Ruth
- Jenny Laird — Sister Honey
- Judith Furse — Sister Briony
- May Hallatt — Angu Ayah
- Eddie Whaley Jr. — Joseph Anthony
- Shaun Noble — Con
- Nancy Roberts — Mother Dorothea
- Ley On — Phuba
- Joan Cozier — Girl in Classroom (uncredited)
- Directed
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Written
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 560 ratings
- Studio
- The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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.
