Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
The story
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
- prison
- death penalty
- right and justice
- rape
- rage and hate
- unsociability
- court case
- court
- nun
- penalty
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Susan Sarandon
Sister Helen Prejean
Sean Penn
Matthew Poncelet
Robert Prosky
Hilton Barber
Raymond J. Barry
Earl Delacroix
- R. Lee Ermey — Clyde Percy
- Celia Weston — Mary Beth Percy
- Lois Smith — Helen's Mother
- Scott Wilson — Chaplain Farley
- Roberta Maxwell — Lucille Poncelet
- Margo Martindale — Sister Colleen
- Barton Heyman — Captain Beliveau
- Steve Boles — Sgt. Neal Trapp
- Nesbitt Blaisdell — Warden Hartman
- Ray Aranha — Luis Montoya
- Larry Pine — Guy Gilardi
- Directed
- Tim Robbins
- Written
- Tim Robbins
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 1,517 ratings
- Studio
- Havoc, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, PolyGram Video, Gramercy 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.
