Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, Germany
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
The story
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if he doesn't prove the truth.
- based on novel or book
- kidnapping
- cigarette
- femme fatale
- scam
- writer
- framed for a crime
- set up
- temptation
- newspaper reporter
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Michael Rapaport — Donnelly
- Chloë Sevigny — Odette
- Tom Wright — John Renick
- Marc Macaulay — Miles Meadows
- Joe Hickey — Lawyer
- Ralph Wilcox — Judge
- Peter Paul DeLeo — Bartender (as Peter Paul Deleo)
- Mal Jones — Ed
- Salvador Levy — Driver
- Richard Booker — Billy Holden
- Mikki Scanlon — Alda (as Mikki McKeever)
- Directed
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Written
- E. Max Frye
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 141 ratings
- Studio
- Castle Rock Entertainment, Rialto Films
If this stayed with you
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