Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
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
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
- cheating
- san francisco
- california
- psychopath
- staircase
- attempted murder
- con man
- ladder
- lodger
- neighbor
- home ownership
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Melanie Griffith
Patty Palmer
Matthew Modine
Drake Goodman
Michael Keaton
Carter Hayes
Mako
Toshio Watanabe
- Nobu McCarthy — Mira Watanabe
- Laurie Metcalf — Stephanie MacDonald
- Carl Lumbly — Lieutenant Lou Baker
- Dorian Harewood — Dennis
- Luca Bercovici — Greg
- Tippi Hedren — Florence Peters
- Sheila McCarthy — Liz Hamilton
- Guy Boyd — Warning Cop
- Jerry Hardin — Bennett Fidlow
- Dan Hedaya — Loan Officer
- James Staley — District Attorney Henry
- Directed
- John Schlesinger
- Written
- Daniel Pyne
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 428 ratings
- Studio
- Morgan Creek Entertainment
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.
