Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
- army
- france
- based on novel or book
- general
- germany
- world war i
- patriotism
- cowardice
- idealism
- idealist
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Kirk Douglas
Col. Dax
Ralph Meeker
Cpl. Philippe Paris
Adolphe Menjou
Gen. George Broulard
George Macready
Gen. Paul Mireau
- Wayne Morris — Lt. Roget/Singing man
- Richard Anderson — Maj. Saint-Auban
- Joe Turkel — Pvt. Pierre Arnaud
- Christiane Kubrick — German Singer
- Jerry Hausner — Proprietor of Cafe
- Peter Capell — Narrator of Opening Sequence
- Emile Meyer — Father Dupree
- Bert Freed — Sgt. Boulanger
- Kem Dibbs — Pvt. Lejeune
- Timothy Carey — Pvt. Maurice Ferol
- Fred Bell — Shell-Shocked Soldier
- Directed
- Stanley Kubrick
- Written
- Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson, Calder Willingham
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 3,361 ratings
- Studio
- Bryna Productions, United Artists, Harris-Kubrick 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.
