Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.
- adultery
- professor
- married couple
- guest
- black humor
- based on play or musical
- campus
- dysfunctional marriage
- black and white
- alcohol abuse
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Agnes Flanagan — Roadhouse Waitress (uncredited)
- Frank Flanagan — Roadhouse Manager (uncredited)
- Directed
- Mike Nichols
- Written
- Ernest Lehman
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 923 ratings
- Studio
- Chenault Productions, Warner Bros. 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.
