Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Age rating
- 12A
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
- hotel
- gangster
- brothel
- border
- investigation
- honeymoon
- usa–mexico border
- car bomb
- film noir
- black and white
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Charlton Heston
Ramon Miguel Vargas
Janet Leigh
Susan 'Susie' Vargas
Orson Welles
Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Joseph Calleia
Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
- Akim Tamiroff — 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
- Joanna Moore — Marcia Linnekar
- Ray Collins — District Attorney Adair
- Dennis Weaver — Mirador Motel Night Manager
- Valentin de Vargas — Pancho
- Mort Mills — Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
- Victor Millan — Manelo Sanchez
- Lalo Rios — Risto - Grandi's Nephew
- Michael Sargent — Pretty Boy
- Phil Harvey — Blaine
- Joi Lansing — Zita
- Directed
- Orson Welles
- Written
- Orson Welles
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 1,614 ratings
- Studio
- Universal International Pictures
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.
