Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.
- airport
- based on novel or book
- police
- arms deal
- stewardess
- heist
- money
- los angeles
- california
- drugs
- ex-con
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Pam Grier
Jackie Brown
Samuel L. Jackson
Ordell Robbie
Robert De Niro
Louis Gara
Bridget Fonda
Melanie Ralston
- Michael Keaton — Ray Nicolette
- Robert Forster — Max Cherry
- Michael Bowen — Mark Dargus
- Chris Tucker — Beaumont Livingston
- LisaGay Hamilton — Sheronda
- Tommy Lister Jr. — Winston
- Hattie Winston — Simone
- Sid Haig — Judge
- Aimee Graham — Amy – Billingsley Sales Girl
- Ellis Williams — Cockatoo Bartender
- Tangie Ambrose — Billingsley Sales Girl #2
- Directed
- Quentin Tarantino
- Written
- Quentin Tarantino
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 7,101 ratings
- Studio
- Miramax, A Band Apart, Mighty Mighty Afrodite 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.
