Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team.
- prison
- drug smuggling
- sports
- fistfight
- revenge
- murder
- gang
- racism
- drugs
- race
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Peter Strauss
Larry "Rain" Murphy
Roger E. Mosley
"Cotton" Crown
Richard Lawson
R.C. Stiles
Brian Dennehy
Dr. D
- Geoffrey Lewis — Dr. Bill Jankowski
- Billy Green Bush — Warden Earl Gulliver
- Ed Lauter — Jerry Beliot
- Beverly Todd — Wylene
- William Prince — O.A.U. Chairman
- Miguel Piñero — Rubio
- Richard Moll — Joker Gibb
- Edmund Penney — OAU Official
- Burton Gilliam — Jimmy-Jack
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka — Brother Lateef
- Wilmore Thomas — Moo-Moo
- Directed
- Michael Mann
- Written
- Michael Mann, Patrick J. Nolan
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 54 ratings
- Studio
- ABC Circle 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.
