Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- 12
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
- prison cell
- prison guard
- film noir
- black and white
- prison riot
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Burt Lancaster
Joe Collins
Hume Cronyn
Capt. Munsey
Charles Bickford
Gallagher
Yvonne De Carlo
Gina Ferrara
- Ann Blyth — Ruth
- Ella Raines — Cora Lister
- Anita Colby — Flossie
- Sam Levene — Louie Miller #7033
- Jeff Corey — 'Freshman' Stack
- John Hoyt — Spencer
- Jack Overman — Kid Coy
- Roman Bohnen — Warden A.J. Barnes
- Sir Lancelot — Calypso
- Vince Barnett — Muggsy
- Jay C. Flippen — Hodges (guard)
- Directed
- Jules Dassin
- Written
- Robert Patterson, Richard Brooks
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 212 ratings
- Studio
- Mark Hellinger Productions, Universal 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.
