Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
- based on novel or book
- nightmare
- revenge
- gothic horror
- guilt
- new england
- ghost story
- elderly
- 1930s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Fred Astaire
Ricky Hawthorne
Melvyn Douglas
Dr. John Jaffrey
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Edward Charles Wanderley
John Houseman
Sears James
- Craig Wasson — Don Wanderley / David Wanderley
- Patricia Neal — Stella Hawthorne
- Alice Krige — Eva Galli / Alma Mobley
- Jacqueline Brookes — Milly
- Miguel Fernandes — Gregory Bates
- Lance Holcomb — Fenny Bates
- Mark Chamberlin — Young John Jaffrey
- Tim Choate — Young Ricky Hawthorne
- Kurt Johnson — Young Edward Wanderley
- Ken Olin — Young Sears James
- Brad Sullivan — Sheriff Hardesty
- Directed
- John Irvin
- Written
- Lawrence D. Cohen
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 175 ratings
- Studio
- 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.
