Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
- nazi
- clock tower
- professor
- clock
- connecticut
- film noir
- black and white
- convert
- supreme court justice
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Edward G. Robinson
Federal Agent Wilson
Loretta Young
Mary Longstreet
Orson Welles
Prof. Charles Rankin
Philip Merivale
Judge Adam Longstreet
- Richard Long — Noah Longstreet
- Konstantin Shayne — Konrad Meinike
- Byron Keith — Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence
- Billy House — Mr. Solomon Potter
- Martha Wentworth — Sara
- David Bond — Student (uncredited)
- John Brown — Passport Photographer (uncredited)
- Neal Dodd — Minister (uncredited)
- Nancy Evans — Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Adolph Faylauer — War Crimes Commision Member (uncredited)
- Fred Godoy — Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Directed
- Orson Welles
- Written
- Anthony Veiller
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 645 ratings
- Studio
- International Pictures, The Haig Corporation
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.
