Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.
- high school
- sports
- wrestling
- wrestler
- pizza
- coach
- coming of age
- love
- brief
- wrestling team
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Charles Hallahan — The Coach
- Michael Schoeffling — Kuch
- Harold Sylvester — Gene Tanneran
- J.C. Quinn — Elmo
- Madonna — Singer
- Forest Whitaker — Balldozer
- Gary Kasper — Otto
- R.H. Thomson — Kevin
- Raphael Sbarge — Schmoozler
- Frank Jasper — Shute
- Roberts Blossom — Grandpa
- Directed
- Harold Becker
- Written
- Darryl Ponicsan
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 141 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, The Guber-Peters Company
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.
