Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
- london
- england
- primal fear
- photography
- obsession
- childhood trauma
- serial killer
- landlord
- boarding house
- psychological thriller
- filmmaking
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Brenda Bruce — Dora
- Miles Malleson — Elderly Gentleman Customer
- Esmond Knight — Arthur Baden
- Martin Miller — Dr. Rosen
- Michael Goodliffe — Don Jarvis
- Jack Watson — Chief Insp. Gregg
- Shirley Anne Field — Pauline Shields
- Pamela Green — Milly
- John Barrard — Small Man (uncredited)
- Robert Crewdson — Shop Assistant on Film Set (uncredited)
- Nigel Davenport — Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
- Directed
- Michael Powell
- Written
- Leo Marks
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 914 ratings
- Studio
- Michael Powell (Theatre)
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.
