Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, Japan, United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
- government
- telecaster
- political activism
- politician
- based on true story
- anti-communism
- black and white
- mccarthyism
- tv news anchor
- 1950s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
David Strathairn
Edward R. Murrow
Patricia Clarkson
Shirley Wershba
George Clooney
Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels
Sig Mickelson
- Robert Downey Jr. — Joe Wershba
- Frank Langella — William Paley
- Ray Wise — Don Hollenbeck
- Robert John Burke — Charlie Mack
- Reed Diamond — John Aaron
- Tate Donovan — Jesse Zousmer
- Grant Heslov — Don Hewitt
- Tom McCarthy — Palmer Williams
- Matt Ross — Eddie Scott
- Rose Abdoo — Mili Lerner
- Alex Borstein — Natalie
- Directed
- George Clooney
- Written
- Grant Heslov, George Clooney
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 1,127 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Independent Pictures, 2929 Productions, TFC, Participant, Section Eight, Davis Films
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.
