Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, France
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
- dying and death
- adultery
- individual
- court case
- scotland
- glasgow
- scotland
- boat
- river
- pregnancy
- author
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jack McElhone — Jim Gault
- Thérèse Bradley — Gwen
- Ewan Stewart — Daniel Gordon
- Stuart McQuarrie — Bill
- Pauline Turner — Connie
- Alan Cooke — Bob M'bussi
- Rory McCann — Sam
- Ian Hanmore — Freight Supervisor
- Mhairi Morrison — Cathie's Flatmate
- Anne Marie Timoney — Mrs. Gordon
- John Yule — Clerk of the Court
- Directed
- David Mackenzie
- Written
- David Mackenzie
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 199 ratings
- Studio
- Recorded Picture Company, StudioCanal UK, HanWay Films, UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, Sveno Media
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.
