Night on Earth

Dec 12, 1991

2h 8m

★ 7.5

Five taxis. Five cities. One night.

Overview

A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

JVC

Locus Solus Entertainment

Night on Earth Trailers

Cast

Corky

Winona Ryder

Victoria Snelling

Gena Rowlands

YoYo

Giancarlo Esposito

Helmut Grokenberger

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Angela

Rosie Perez

Cab Driver Paris

Isaach de Bankolé

Blind Woman

Béatrice Dalle

Cab Driver Rome

Roberto Benigni

Priest

Paolo Bonacelli

Mika

Matti Pellonpää

Man #1 Helsinki

Kari Väänänen

Man #2 Helsinki

Sakari Kuosmanen

Rough sea dog John Patrick Duke has a weakness for women and strong drink. Little does he know that he won a million dollars on Longchamp with the horses. Earlier, he caused a riot in a French hotel. He therefore thinks he is being pursued when officials try to inform him of that cash prize. In the end, John and his friend Axel are forced to take the money. This allows them to have a party with their French friends. The film is believed to be lost.

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