Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
The story
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
- private detective
- neo-noir
- lew harper
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Gail Strickland — Mavis
- Melanie Griffith — Schuyler
- Linda Haynes — Gretchen
- Richard Jaeckel — Franks
- Paul Koslo — Candy
- Joe Canutt — Glo
- Andrew Robinson — Pat Reavis
- Coral Browne — Olivia
- Richard Derr — James
- Helena Kallianiotes — Elaine Reavis
- Leigh French — Red Head
- Directed
- Stuart Rosenberg
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 141 ratings
- Studio
- First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster 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.
