Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- 18
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.
- prison
- suicide
- rape
- corruption
- england
- controversy
- riot
- revenge
- racism
- inmate
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Phil Daniels — Richards
- John Judd — Mr. Sands
- Philip Jackson — Mr Greaves
- Peter Howell — Governor
- Bill Dean — Mr Duke
- John Grillo — Mr Goodyear
- P.H. Moriarty — Mr. Hunt
- Ray Burdis — Eckersley
- Alan Igbon — Meakin
- John Fowler — Woods
- Jo Kendall — Matron
- Directed
- Alan Clarke
- Written
- Roy Minton
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 219 ratings
- Studio
- Berwick Street Productions, Boyd's Company, Kendon Films Ltd.
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.
