Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
- mexico
- based on novel or book
- espionage
- spy
- cold war
- kgb
- biography
- based on true story
- treason
- childhood friends
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Timothy Hutton
Christopher Boyce
Sean Penn
Daulton Lee
Pat Hingle
Mr. Charlie Boyce
Joyce Van Patten
Mrs. Boyce
- Art Camacho — Boyce Child
- Richard Dysart — Dr. Lee
- Priscilla Pointer — Mrs. Lee
- Chris Makepeace — David Lee
- Dorian Harewood — Gene
- Macon McCalman — Larry Rogers
- Jerry Hardin — Tony Owens
- Nicholas Pryor — Eddie
- Mady Kaplan — Laurie
- Rob Reed — Boyce Child
- Betty Lou Henson — Debra
- Directed
- John Schlesinger
- Written
- Steven Zaillian
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 184 ratings
- Studio
- Orion Pictures, Hemdale
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.
