Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- lieutenant
- love
- tragedy
- dorset
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Meryl Streep
Sarah / Anna
Jeremy Irons
Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Hilton McRae
Sam
Lynsey Baxter
Ernestina
- Emily Morgan — Mary
- Penelope Wilton — Sonia
- Jean Faulds — Cook
- Charlotte Mitchell — Mrs. Tranter
- Peter Vaughan — Mr. Freeman
- Colin Jeavons — Vicar
- Liz Smith — Mrs. Fairley
- Patience Collier — Mrs. Poulteney
- John Barrett — Dairyman
- Leo McKern — Dr. Grogan
- Arabella Weir — Girl on Undercliff
- Directed
- Karel Reisz
- Written
- Harold Pinter
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 248 ratings
- Studio
- Juniper Films
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