Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 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.
The story
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant.
- musician
- icon
- biography
- hollywood
- dying young
- 1950s
The bill
James Franco
James Dean
Michael Moriarty
Winton Dean
Valentina Cervi
Pier Angeli
Enrico Colantoni
Elia Kazan
- Edward Herrmann — Raymond Massey
- Joanne Linville — Hedda Hopper
- John Pleshette — Billy Rose
- Barry Primus — Nicholas Ray
- David Proval — Daniel Mann
- Samuel Gould — Martin Landau
- Amy Rydell — Christine White
- Wendy Benson-Landes — Julie Harris
- Karen Kondazian — Mrs. Pierangeli
- David Parker — James Whitmore
- Craig Barnett — George Stevens
- Directed
- Mark Rydell
- Written
- Israel Horovitz
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 116 ratings
- Studio
- Five Mile River Films, Gerber Pictures, Marvin Worth Productions, Splendid Television
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.
