Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
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 group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.
- chicago
- illinois
- irish mob
- debt collector
- slaughterhouse
- kansas city
- cattle ranch
- small community
- meatpacking
- mob enforcer
- sunflower field
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Sissy Spacek — Poppy
- Janit Baldwin — Violet
- Bill Morey — Shay
- Clint Ellison — Delaney
- Howard Platt — Shaughnessy
- Les Lannom — O’Brien
- Eddie Egan — Jake
- Therese Reinsch — Jake’s Girl
- Bob Wilson — Reaper Driver
- Gordon Signer — Brockman
- Gladys Watson — Milk Lady
- Directed
- Michael Ritchie
- Written
- Robert Dillon
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 136 ratings
- Studio
- Cinema Center Films, Wizan 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.
