Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
- martial arts
- sports
- bare knuckle boxing
- gangster
- new orleans
- louisiana
- louisiana
- great depression
- street fighter
- fighting
- illegal fistfight
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Margaret Blye — Gayleen Schoonover
- Michael McGuire — Gandil
- Felice Orlandi — Le Beau
- Edward Walsh — Pettibon
- Bruce Glover — Doty
- Robert Tessier — Jim Henry
- Nick Dimitri — Street
- Frank McRae — Hammerman
- Maurice Kowalewski — Caesare
- Naomi Stevens — Madam
- Lyla Hay Owen — Waitress
- Directed
- Walter Hill
- Written
- Bruce Henstell, Bryan Gindoff, Walter Hill
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 243 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Claridge Productions, Major Studio Partners
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.
