Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on, Kay finally dates her trumpet-playing foreman and life gets more complicated.
- world war ii
- home front
- riveter
- arms industry
- 1940s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ed Harris — Jack Walsh
- Sudie Bond — Annie
- Holly Hunter — Jeannie Sherman
- Patty Maloney — Laverne
- Lisa Pelikan — Violet Mulligan
- Susan Peretz — Edith Castle
- Joey Aresco — Johnny Bonnano
- Morris 'Tex' Biggs — Clarence
- Reid Cruickshanks — Spike
- Danny Darst — Deacon
- Dennis Fimple — Rupert George
- Directed
- Jonathan Demme
- Written
- Nancy Dowd
Production
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 · 89 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Lantana, Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company, Jerry Bick
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.
