Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.
- washington dc
- usa
- congress
- tycoon
- based on play or musical
- political satire
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Judy Holliday
Billie Dawn
Broderick Crawford
Harry Brock
William Holden
Paul Verrall
Howard St. John
Jim Devery
- Frank Otto — Eddie
- Larry Oliver — Congressman Norval Hedges
- Barbara Brown — Mrs. Hedges
- Grandon Rhodes — Sanborn
- Claire Carleton — Helen
- Chet Brandenburg — Hotel Worker (uncredited)
- Charles Cane — Policeman (uncredited)
- Helen Eby-Rock — Manicurist (uncredited)
- Mike Mahoney — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Paul Marion — Interpreter (uncredited)
- William Mays — Bellboy (uncredited)
- Directed
- George Cukor
- Written
- Albert Mannheimer
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 187 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
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.
