Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
- london
- england
- blackmail
- controversy
- film noir
- social commentary
- male homosexuality
- lawyer
- lgbt
- outting
- gay theme
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Dirk Bogarde
Melville Farr
Sylvia Syms
Laura Farr
Dennis Price
Calloway
Anthony Nicholls
Lord Charles Fullbrook
- Peter Copley — Paul Mandrake
- Norman Bird — Harold Doe
- Peter McEnery — Jack Barrett
- Donald Churchill — Eddy Stone
- Derren Nesbitt — Sandy
- John Barrie — Inspector Harris
- John Cairney — Bridie
- Alan MacNaughtan — Scott Hankin
- Nigel Stock — Phip
- Frank Pettitt — Barman (as Frank Pettit)
- Mavis Villiers — Madge
- Directed
- Basil Dearden
- Written
- Janet Green, Dirk Bogarde, John McCormick
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 160 ratings
- Studio
- Allied Film Makers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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.
