Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
- vietnam war
- army
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- based on novel or book
- supernatural
- dark comedy
- castle
- insane asylum
- religion
- astronaut
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Stacy Keach
Col. Hudson Kane
Scott Wilson
Capt. Billy Cutshaw
Jason Miller
Lt. Frankie Reno
Ed Flanders
Col. Richard Fell
- Neville Brand — Maj. Marvin Groper
- George DiCenzo — Capt. Fairbanks
- Moses Gunn — Maj. Nammack
- Robert Loggia — Lt. Bennish
- Joe Spinell — Lt. Spinell
- Alejandro Rey — Lt. Gomez
- Tom Atkins — Sgt. Krebs
- Steve Sandor — 1st Cyclist
- Richard Lynch — 2nd Cyclist
- William Peter Blatty — Dr. Fromme (uncredited)
- Bruce Boa — Sergeant in combat shack
- Directed
- William Peter Blatty
- Written
- William Peter Blatty
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 172 ratings
- Studio
- Ninth Configuration, United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)
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.
