Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
- sheriff
- texas
- family secrets
- neo-western
- dark secret
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Chris Cooper
Sam Deeds
Elizabeth Peña
Pilar Cruz
Kris Kristofferson
Charlie Wade
Clifton James
Hollis Pogue
- Miriam Colon — Mercedes Cruz
- Ron Canada — Otis Payne
- Joe Morton — Delmore "Del" Payne
- Matthew McConaughey — Buddy Deeds
- Jeff Monahan — Young Hollis
- Gabriel Casseus — Young Otis
- Frances McDormand — Bunny
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson — Priscilla Worth
- Tony Plana — Ray
- Stephen J. Lang — Mikey
- Jesse Borrego — Danny
- Directed
- John Sayles
- Written
- John Sayles
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 424 ratings
- Studio
- Castle Rock Entertainment, Rio Dulce
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.
