Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
- dying and death
- depression
- suicide
- life and death
- age difference
- birthday
- suicide attempt
- dead wish
- cemetery
- life planning
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Charles Tyner — Uncle Victor
- Ellen Geer — Sunshine Doré
- Eric Christmas — Priest
- G. Wood — Psychiatrist
- Judy Engles — Candy Gulf
- Shari Summers — Edith Phern
- Tom Skerritt — Motorcycle Officer
- Susan Madigan — Girlfriend
- Ray K. Goman — Police Officer
- Gordon Devol — Police Officer
- Harvey Brumfield — Police Officer
- Directed
- Hal Ashby
- Written
- Colin Higgins
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 1,238 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Mildred Lewis and Colin Higgins Productions
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.
