Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.
- sydney
- australia
- australia
- beach
- dreams
- nightmare
- court
- voodoo
- paranoia
- rain
- surrealism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Richard Chamberlain
David Burton
Olivia Hamnett
Annie Burton
David Gulpilil
Chris Lee
Frederick Parslow
Rev. Burton
- Vivean Gray — Dr. Whitburn
- Athol Compton — Billy Corman
- Peter Carroll — Michael Zeadler
- Walter Amagula — Gerry Lee
- Michael Duffield — Andrew Potter
- Nandjiwarra Amagula — Charlie
- Hedley Cullen — Judge
- Wallas Eaton — Morgue Doctor
- Jo England — Babysitter
- John Frawley — Policeman
- John Meagher — Morgue Clerk
- Directed
- Peter Weir
- Written
- Petru Popescu, Tony Morphett, Peter Weir
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 218 ratings
- Studio
- Australian Film Commission, McElroy & McElroy, Derek Power, South Australian Film Corporation, Last Wave 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.
