Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
- friendship
- funeral
- missouri
- bible
- con man
- carnival
- great depression
- aunt
- road trip
- kansas
- usa
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tatum O'Neal
Addie Loggins
Ryan O'Neal
Moses Pray
Madeline Kahn
Trixie Delight
John Hillerman
Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
- Jessie Lee Fulton — Miss Ollie
- Noble Willingham — Mr. Robertson
- Randy Quaid — Leroy
- P.J. Johnson — Imogene
- James N. Harrell — The Minister
- Burton Gilliam — Floyd (Desk Clerk)
- Hugh Gillin — 2nd Deputy
- Desmond Dhooge — Cotton Candy Man
- Art Ellison — Silver Mine Gentleman
- Lila Waters — The Minister's Wife
- Bob Young — Gas Station Attendant
- Directed
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Written
- Alvin Sargent
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 864 ratings
- Studio
- The Directors Company, Saticoy Productions, Paramount Pictures
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.
