Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
- individual
- underground world
- street gang
- unsociability
- car race
- parent child relationship
- authority
- rebel
- coming of age
- based on short story
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ann Doran — Carol Stark
- Corey Allen — Buzz Gunderson
- William Hopper — Judy's Father
- Rochelle Hudson — Judy's Mother
- Dennis Hopper — Goon
- Edward Platt — Ray Fremick
- Steffi Sidney — Mil
- Marietta Canty — Crawford Maid
- Virginia Brissac — Jim's Grandmother
- Beverly Long — Helen
- Ian Wolfe — Dr. Minton
- Directed
- Nicholas Ray
- Written
- Stewart Stern, Nicholas Ray
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 1,781 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. 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.
