Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
- based on novel or book
- brothel
- cop
- priest
- los angeles
- california
- murder investigation
- lapd
- catholic priest
- neo-noir
- 1940s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Robert De Niro
Father Des Spellacy
Robert Duvall
Det. Tom Spellacy
Charles Durning
Jack Amsterdam
Kenneth McMillan
Frank Crotty
- Ed Flanders — Dan T. Campion
- Cyril Cusack — Cardinal Danaher
- Burgess Meredith — Msgr. Seamus Fargo
- Rose Gregorio — Brenda Samuels
- Dan Hedaya — Howard Terkel
- Gwen Van Dam — Mrs. Fazenda
- Thomas Hill — Mr. Fazenda
- Jeanette Nolan — Mrs. Spellacy
- Jorge Cervera Jr. — Eduardo Duarte
- Susan Myers — Bride
- Louisa Moritz — Whore
- Directed
- Ulu Grosbard
- Written
- John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 193 ratings
- Studio
- United Artists, Winkler Films
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.
