Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
- based on novel or book
- haunted house
- gothic horror
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Adrian Rawlins
Arthur Kidd
Bernard Hepton
Sam Toovey
David Daker
Josiah Freston
Pauline Moran
Woman in Black
- David Ryall — Sweetman
- Clare Holman — Stella Kidd
- John Cater — Arnold Pepperell
- John Franklyn-Robbins — Reverend Greet
- Fiona Walker — Mrs. Toovey
- William Simons — John Keckwick
- Robin Weaver — Bessie
- Caroline John — Stella's Mother
- Joseph Upton — Eddie Kidd
- Steven Mackintosh — Rolfe
- Andy Nyman — Jackie
- Directed
- Herbert Wise
- Written
- Nigel Kneale
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 145 ratings
- Studio
- Capglobe, Central Films Limited, Granada Television
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.
