Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
- blackmail
- married couple
- fbi
- cayman islands
- memphis
- tennessee
- mafia
- lawyer
- death
- law firm
- paranoid
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tom Cruise
Mitch McDeere
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Abby McDeere
Gene Hackman
Avery Tolar
Hal Holbrook
Oliver Lambert
- Terry Kinney — Lamar Quinn
- Wilford Brimley — William Devasher
- Ed Harris — Wayne Tarrance
- Holly Hunter — Tammy Hemphill
- David Strathairn — Ray McDeere
- Gary Busey — Eddie Lomax
- Steven Hill — F. Denton Voyles
- Tobin Bell — The Nordic Man
- Barbara Garrick — Kay Quinn
- Jerry Hardin — Royce McKnight
- Paul Calderon — Thomas Richie
- Directed
- Sydney Pollack
- Written
- Robert Towne, David Rayfiel, David Rabe
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 2,359 ratings
- Studio
- Mirage Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Scott Rudin Productions
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.
