Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
- adultery
- child abuse
- 1970s
- christmas party
- deaf-mute
- world war ii
- musical
- satire
- christmas tree
- death of father
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Eric Clapton — The Preacher
- John Entwistle — Himself
- Keith Moon — Uncle Ernie
- Paul Nicholas — Cousin Kevin
- Jack Nicholson — The Specialist
- Robert Powell — Captain Walker
- Pete Townshend — Himself
- Tina Turner — The Acid Queen
- Arthur Brown — The Priest
- Victoria Russell — Sally Simpson
- Ben Aris — Reverend Simpson
- Directed
- Ken Russell
- Written
- Ken Russell
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 378 ratings
- Studio
- Robert Stigwood Organization, Hemdale
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.
