Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.
- france
- paris
- france
- arms deal
- mercenary
- suitcase
- heist
- shootout
- impostor
- ira (irish republican army)
- cafe
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Skipp Sudduth — Larry
- Jonathan Pryce — Seamus O'Rourke
- Sean Bean — Spence
- Michael Lonsdale — Jean-Pierre
- Féodor Atkine — Mikhi
- Katarina Witt — Natacha Kirilova
- Ron Perkins — Man with the Newspaper
- Daniel Breton — Sergi's Accomplice
- Amidou — Man at Exchange
- Jan Tříska — Dapper Gent
- Bernard Bloch — Sergi
- Directed
- John Frankenheimer
- Written
- J. D. Zeik, David Mamet
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 2,768 ratings
- Studio
- United Artists, FGM Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, UAC
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.
