Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
- witch
- dreams
- based on novel or book
- elephant
- lightning
- circus
- child murder
- maze
- spider
- clown
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Vidal Peterson — Will Halloway
- Shawn Carson — Jim Nightshade
- Mary Grace Canfield — Miss Foley
- Richard Davalos — Mr. Crosetti
- Jake Dengel — Mr. Tetley
- Jack Dodson — Dr. Douglas
- Bruce M. Fischer — Mr. Cooger
- Ellen Geer — Mrs. Halloway
- Pam Grier — Dust Witch
- Brendan Klinger — Cooger as a Child
- James Stacy — Ed the Bartender
- Directed
- Jack Clayton
- Written
- Ray Bradbury
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 214 ratings
- Studio
- Walt Disney Productions, Bryna Productions
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.
