Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 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
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
- new york city
- robbery
- based on novel or book
- internal affairs
- surveillance
- ex-con
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sean Connery
Duke Anderson
Dyan Cannon
Ingrid
Martin Balsam
Haskins
Ralph Meeker
Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
- Alan King — Pat Angelo
- Christopher Walken — The Kid
- Val Avery — Parelli aka Socks
- Dick Anthony Williams — Spencer
- Garrett Morris — Officer Everson
- Stan Gottlieb — Pop
- Paul Benjamin — Jimmy
- Anthony Holland — Psychologist
- Richard B. Shull — Werner
- Conrad Bain — Dr. Rubicoff
- Margaret Hamilton — Miss Kaler
- Directed
- Sidney Lumet
- Written
- Frank Pierson
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 188 ratings
- Studio
- Robert M. Weitman Productions, Columbia 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.
