Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.
- new york city
- mobster
- blaxploitation cinema
- drugs
- dealer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Julius Harris — Scatter
- Polly Niles — Cynthia
- Nate Adams — Dealer
- Yvonne Delaine — Mrs. Freddie
- Henry Shapiro — Robbery Victim
- K.C. — Pimp
- James G. Richardson — Junkie
- Make Bray — Junkie
- Sig Shore — Deputy Commissioner
- Al Kiggins — Police
- Bob Bonds — Police
- Directed
- Gordon Parks Jr.
- Written
- Phillip Fenty
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 165 ratings
- Studio
- Superfly Ltd., Sig Shore Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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.
