Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- R
- 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
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
- gangster
- nightclub
- gremlin
- gargoyle
- zombie
- private detective
- occult
- astrology
- necronomicon
- nightclub owner
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Fred Ward
Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft
David Warner
Amos Hackshaw
Julianne Moore
Connie Stone
Clancy Brown
Harry Bordon
- Alexandra Powers — Olivia Hackshaw
- Charles Hallahan — Det. Morris Bradbury
- Arnetia Walker — Hypolite Kropotkin
- Raymond O'Connor — Tugwell
- Peter Allas — Det. Otto Grimaldi
- Lee Tergesen — Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar
- Becky Mullen — Amber Peru
- Ritch Brinkley — Owl Wagon Manager
- Jaime Cardriche — Zombie
- John De Bello — Crooner
- David Downing — Thadius Pilgrim
- Directed
- Martin Campbell
- Written
- Joseph Dougherty
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 129 ratings
- Studio
- Pacific Western, HBO Films, HBO
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.
