Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
- revenge
- law man
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Burt Lancaster
Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
Robert Ryan
Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan
Lee J. Cobb
Vincent Bronson
Robert Duvall
Vernon Adams
- Sheree North — Laura Shelby
- Albert Salmi — Harvey Stenbaugh
- Richard Jordan — Crowe Wheelwright
- John McGiver — Sabbath Mayor Sam Bolden
- Ralph Waite — Jack Dekker
- John Beck — Jason Bronson
- William Watson — Choctaw Lee
- Walter Brooke — Luther Harris
- Robert Emhardt — Hersham
- Charles Tyner — Minister
- J.D. Cannon — Hurd Price
- Directed
- Michael Winner
- Written
- Gerald Wilson
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 138 ratings
- Studio
- Scimitar Films, United Artists
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.
