Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
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
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.
- infidelity
- london
- england
- jealousy
- bomb
- obsession
- world war ii
- romance
- church
- london blitz
- 1940s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ian Hart — Mr. Parkis
- Jason Isaacs — Father Richard Smythe
- Deborah Findlay — Miss Smythe
- Sam Bould — Lance Parkis
- Cyril Shaps — Waiter
- Simon Turner — Dr Gilbert
- Heather-Jay Jones — Henry's Maid
- Nicholas Hewetson — Chief Warden
- Jack McKenzie — Chief Engineer
- Penny Morrell — Bendrix' Landlady
- Simon Fisher-Turner — Doctor Gilbert
- Directed
- Neil Jordan
- Written
- Neil Jordan
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 284 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
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