Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
- vietnam war
- on the run
- pianist
- hiding
- protestors
- suspenseful
- complicated
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Martha Plimpton — Lorna Phillips
- Ed Crowley — Mr. Phillips
- L.M. Kit Carson — Gus Winant
- Steven Hill — Donald Patterson
- Augusta Dabney — Abigail Patterson
- David Margulies — Dr. Jonah Reiff
- Lynne Thigpen — Contact at Eldridge St.
- Marcia Jean Kurtz — School Clerk
- Sloane Shelton — Mrs. Phillips
- Justine Johnston — Librarian
- Herb Lovelle — Hospital Clerk
- Directed
- Sidney Lumet
- Written
- Naomi Foner
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 359 ratings
- Studio
- Double Play, Lorimar Film Entertainment
If this stayed with you
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