Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
- shepherd
- nazi
- world war ii
- exploitation
- basque country
- spain
- scientist
- 1940s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Anthony Quinn
The Basque
James Mason
Professor Bergson
Malcolm McDowell
Capt. Von Berkow
Patricia Neal
Mrs. Bergson
- Kay Lenz — Leah Bergson
- Paul Clemens — Paul Bergson
- Christopher Lee — Gypsy
- Michael Lonsdale — Renoudot
- Robert Rhys — Gypsy Son
- Marcel Bozzuffi — Perea
- Peter Arne — Guide
- Neville Jason — Lt. Reinke
- Robert Brown — Major
- Rose Alba — Madame Alba
- Jim Broadbent — German Soldier (uncredited)
- Directed
- J. Lee Thompson
- Written
- Bruce Nicolaysen
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 55 ratings
- Studio
- Hemdale, Passage Films, Monday 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.
