Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
- street gang
- corruption
- prohibition era
- gun
- gambling debt
- gangster
- loyalty
- irish-american
- irish mob
- betrayal
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- J.E. Freeman — Eddie Dane
- Albert Finney — Leo
- Mike Starr — Frankie
- Al Mancini — Tic-Tac
- Steve Buscemi — Mink
- Richard Woods — Mayor Dale Levander
- Tom Toner — O'Doole
- Mario Todisco — Clarence 'Drop' Johnson
- Olek Krupa — Tad
- Michael Jeter — Adolph
- Lanny Flaherty — Terry
- Directed
- Joel Coen
- Written
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 1,901 ratings
- Studio
- Circle Films
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.
