Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
- 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
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
- vietnam war
- journalist
- based on novel or book
- love triangle
- female lover
- saigon
- indochina
- 1950s
- indochina war
- ho chi minh
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Rade Šerbedžija — Inspector Vigot
- Robert Stanton — Joe Tunney
- Holmes Osborne — Bill Granger
- Ngo Quang Hai — General Thế
- Ferdinand Hoang — Mr. Muoi
- Pham Thi Mai Hoa — Phuong's Sister
- Mathias Mlekuz — French Captain
- Kevin Tran — Watch Tower Soldier
- Lap Phan — Watch Tower Soldier
- Tim Bennett — American Photographer
- Jeff Truman — Dancing American
- Directed
- Phillip Noyce
- Written
- Christopher Hampton, Robert Schenkkan
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 335 ratings
- Studio
- Mirage Enterprises, IMF Internationale Medien und Film 2 & Produktions, Giai Phong Film Studio, Saga Pictures, Miramax, Intermedia 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.
