Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
- capitalism
- dystopia
- villainess
- alien
- social commentary
- los angeles
- california
- alien invasion
- biting
- sunglasses
- glasses
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Peter Jason — Gilbert
- Raymond St. Jacques — Street Preacher
- Jason Robards III — Family Man
- John Lawrence — Bearded Man
- Susan Barnes — Brown Haired Woman
- Sy Richardson — Black Revolutionary
- Wendy Brainard — Family Man's Daughter
- Lucille Meredith — Female Interviewer
- Susan Blanchard — Ingenue
- Norman Alden — Foreman
- Dana Bratton — Black Junkie
- Directed
- John Carpenter
- Written
- John Carpenter
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 3,610 ratings
- Studio
- Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions
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.
