Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
- 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 Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
- fencing
- revenge
- decapitation
- disguise
- critic
- revenge killing
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Vincent Price
Edward Lionheart
Diana Rigg
Edwina Lionheart
Ian Hendry
Peregrine Devlin
Harry Andrews
Trevor Dickman
- Coral Browne — Chloe Moon
- Robert Coote — Oliver Larding
- Jack Hawkins — Solomon Psaltery
- Michael Hordern — George Maxwell
- Arthur Lowe — Horace Sprout
- Robert Morley — Meredith Merridew
- Dennis Price — Hector Snipe
- Milo O'Shea — Inspector Boot
- Eric Sykes — Sergeant Dogge
- Madeline Smith — Rosemary
- Diana Dors — Maisie Psaltery
- Directed
- Douglas Hickox
- Written
- Anthony Greville-Bell
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 257 ratings
- Studio
- Cineman Productions, Harbour Productions, United Artists
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.
