Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 209 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
- chicago
- illinois
- philadelphia
- pennsylvania
- based on novel or book
- hitman
- war veteran
- pennsylvania
- usa
- gangster
- 1970s
- irish-american
- male friendship
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ray Romano — Bill Bufalino
- Bobby Cannavale — Skinny Razor
- Anna Paquin — Older Peggy Sheeran
- Stephen Graham — Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano
- Stephanie Kurtzuba — Irene Sheeran
- Jack Huston — Robert Kennedy / RFK
- Kathrine Narducci — Carrie Bufalino
- Jesse Plemons — Chuckie O'Brien
- Domenick Lombardozzi — Fat Tony Salerno
- Paul Herman — Whispers DiTullio
- Gary Basaraba — Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
- Directed
- Martin Scorsese
- Written
- Steven Zaillian
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 7,689 ratings
- Studio
- Tribeca Productions, Sikelia Productions, Winkler Films
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.
