Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 206 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
- rebellion
- world war i
- gun
- village
- mute
- ireland
- extramarital affair
- irish easter rebellion (1916)
- catholic priest
- waves
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Leo McKern — Thomas Ryan
- Sarah Miles — Rosy
- Barry Foster — Tim O'Leary
- Marie Kean — Mrs. McCardle
- Arthur O'Sullivan — Mr. McCardle
- Evin Crowley — Moureen
- Douglas Sheldon — Driver
- Gerald Sim — Captain
- Barry Jackson — Corporal
- Des Keogh — Lanky Private
- Niall Tóibín — O'Keefe
- Directed
- David Lean
- Written
- Robert Bolt
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 182 ratings
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
