Two schemers, a ticking clock, and a burlesque show collide on the Las Vegas strip.
TONIGHT FOR SURE
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On the Las Vegas strip, two unlikely men rendezvous: Samuel Hill, an ill-kempt desert miner, and Benjamin Jabowski, a John Birch Society dandy from the city. Intent on some sort of mayhem, they enter the Herald Club before the burlesque show starts, and they wire something to the electrical box, set to blow at midnight. They sit at the back of the club to get to know each other.
Before The Godfather, Coppola was wiring up strip club shenanigans—everyone starts somewhere.
Francis Ford Coppola’s first feature ditches the prairies for pasties in this nudie-cutie caper, pairing a dusty desert miner with a city slicker Bircher on a mission of mayhem. Add in hallucinated showgirls, a ticking time bomb, and a parade of burlesque acts, and you get a surreal slice of early '60s sexploitation Americana.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Tonight for Sure is a 1962 American comedy western directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Jerry Schafer about two men plotting mischief in a Las Vegas burlesque club as midnight approaches.
Synopsis
Why Cult
Co-directed and co-written by future auteur Francis Ford Coppola, this is his leap into feature filmmaking—through the back door of burlesque.
Set inside the Herald Club on the Las Vegas strip, the film revels in live burlesque acts and the voyeuristic antics of its leads.
Tagged as 'sexploitation' and loaded with softcore, female nudity, and risqué humor, this is a prime example of the nudie-cutie subgenre.
The film milks comedy from the oddball pairing of a desert miner and a buttoned-up John Birch Society dandy plotting mischief.
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Questions from the Vault
What is Tonight for Sure about? +
Tonight for Sure follows two mismatched men who plot a midnight scheme in a Las Vegas burlesque club, sharing bizarre tales as they watch the showgirls and wait for their plan to unfold.
Who directed Tonight for Sure? +
Tonight for Sure was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Jerry Schafer.
How long is Tonight for Sure? +
Tonight for Sure has a runtime of 76 minutes.
What genre is Tonight for Sure? +
Tonight for Sure is a comedy western.
Where can I watch Tonight for Sure? +
Tonight for Sure is available to stream on SassyFlix.
