Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
- infidelity
- based on novel or book
- sexual obsession
- gas station
- obsession
- confession
- remake
- murder
- conspiracy
- sexual attraction
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jack Nicholson
Frank Chambers
Jessica Lange
Cora Papadakis
John Colicos
Nick Papadakis
Michael Lerner
Mr. Katz
- John P. Ryan — Kennedy
- Anjelica Huston — Madge
- William Traylor — Sackett
- Thomas Hill — Barlow
- Jon Van Ness — Motorcycle Cop
- Brian Farrell — Mortenson
- Raleigh Bond — Insurance Salesman
- William Newman — Man from Home Town
- Albert Henderson — Art Beeman
- Eugene Peterson — Doctor
- Don Calfa — Goebel
- Directed
- Bob Rafelson
- Written
- David Mamet
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 575 ratings
- Studio
- CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Northstar International, Lorimar Motion 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.
