Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
- london
- england
- police brutality
- mental breakdown
- school
- interrogation
- child molester
- policeman
- missing child
- neo-noir
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sean Connery
Detective Sergeant Johnson
Trevor Howard
Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
Vivien Merchant
Maureen Johnson
Ian Bannen
Kenneth Baxter
- Peter Bowles — Detective Inspector Cameron
- Derek Newark — Frank Jessard
- Ronald Radd — Lawson
- John Hallam — Panton
- Anthony Sagar — Hill
- Maxine Gordon — Janie
- Hilda Fenemore — Woman on Common
- Rhonda Lewis — Woman at School
- Cynthia Lund — Child at School
- Howard Goorney — Lambert
- Brian Grellis — Policeman
- Directed
- Sidney Lumet
- Written
- John Hopkins
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 180 ratings
- Studio
- Tantallon
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.
