Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
- based on novel or book
- magic
- telepathy
- 1970s
- alter ego
- ventriloquist
- evil doll
- dead body
- madness
- split personality
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Anthony Hopkins
Corky Withers / Fats (voice)
Ann-Margret
Peggy Ann Snow
Burgess Meredith
Ben Greene
Ed Lauter
Duke
- E.J. André — Merlin
- Jerry Houser — Cab Driver
- David Ogden Stiers — George Todson
- Lillian Randolph — Sadie
- Joe Lowry — Club M.C.
- Robert Hackman — Father
- Mary Munday — Mother
- Beverly Sanders — Laughing Lady
- I.W. Klein — Maitre D'
- Steve Hart — Captain
- Patrick McCullough — Doorman
- Directed
- Richard Attenborough
- Written
- William Goldman
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 329 ratings
- Studio
- Joseph E. Levine Productions, 20th Century Fox
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.
