Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 184 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
- dark comedy
- surreal
- ambition
- film in film
- traveling salesman
- music rehearsal
- blackface
- sex show
- breast milk
- film director
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Malcolm McDowell
Michael Arnold Travis / Plantation Thief
Ralph Richardson
Sir James Burgess / Monty
Rachel Roberts
Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards
Arthur Lowe
Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
- Helen Mirren — Patricia / Casting Assistant
- Graham Crowden — Stewart / Prof. Millar / Meths Drinker
- Peter Jeffrey — Factory Chairman / Prison Governor
- Dandy Nichols — Tea Lady / Neighbour
- Mona Washbourne — Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
- Philip Stone — Jenkins / Interrogator / Salvation Army Major
- Alan Price — Alan Price
- Mary MacLeod — Mrs. Ball / Salvationist / Vicar's Wife
- Michael Bangerter — William / Interrogator / Assistant / Released Prisoner
- Wallas Eaton — John Stone (Coffee Factory) / Col. Steiger / Prison Warder /
- Warren Clarke — Master of Ceremonies (Nightspot) / Warner / Male Nurse
- Directed
- Lindsay Anderson
- Written
- Malcolm McDowell, David Sherwin
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 120 ratings
- Studio
- Memorial Enterprises, S.A.M. Productions
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.
