Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
- suicide
- island
- based on novel or book
- fascism
- world war ii
- bomber
- satire
- us army
- fascist
- soldier
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Alan Arkin
Capt. John Yossarian
Martin Balsam
Col. Cathcart
Richard Benjamin
Maj. Danby
Art Garfunkel
Capt. Nately
- Jack Gilford — Dr. "Doc" Daneeka
- Buck Henry — Lt. Col. Korn
- Bob Newhart — Maj. Major Major
- Anthony Perkins — Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
- Paula Prentiss — Nurse Duckett
- Martin Sheen — 1st Lt. Dobbs
- Jon Voight — 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder
- Orson Welles — Brigadier General Dreedle
- Bob Balaban — Capt. Orr
- Susanne Benton — Dreedle's WAC
- Norman Fell — First Sgt. Towser
- Directed
- Mike Nichols
- Written
- Buck Henry
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 367 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Filmways Pictures
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