Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
- nurse
- nun
- missionary
- world war ii
- congo
- belgium
- sanitarium
- female protagonist
- hospital
- tuberculosis
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Audrey Hepburn
Sister Luke
Peter Finch
Dr. Fortunati
Edith Evans
Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Peggy Ashcroft
Mother Mathilde
- Dean Jagger — Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
- Mildred Dunnock — Sister Margharita
- Beatrice Straight — Mother Christophe
- Patricia Collinge — Sister William
- Rosalie Crutchley — Sister Eleanor
- Ruth White — Mother Marcella
- Barbara O'Neil — Mother Didyma
- Margaret Phillips — Sister Pauline
- Patricia Bosworth — Simone
- Colleen Dewhurst — Dangerous Hospital Patient
- Stephen Murray — Chaplain
- Directed
- Fred Zinnemann
- Written
- Robert Anderson
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 203 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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.
