

Bad Times at the El Royale
2018-10-04 · 141 min · ★ 6.8
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
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Production details
- Directors
- Drew Goddard
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox, Goddard Textiles, TSG Entertainment
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 32,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 31,882,724
Top Cast
Jeff BridgesFather Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
Cynthia ErivoDarlene Sweet
Lewis PullmanMiles Miller
Dakota JohnsonEmily Summerspring
Cailee SpaenyRose Summerspring
Jon HammLaramie Seymour Sullivan / Dwight Broadbeck
Chris HemsworthBilly Lee
Nick OffermanFelix O'Kelly
Xavier DolanBuddy Sunday
Shea WhighamDr. Woodbury Laurence
Mark O'BrienLarsen Rogers
Charles HalfordSammy Wilds
Jim O'HeirMilton Wyrick
Gerry NairnReporter Paul Kraemer
Alvina AugustVesta Shears
London MorrisonAngela Harris, Vesta's Backup Singer
Bethany BrownFlorence Lemons, Vesta's Backup Singer
Rebecca ToolanHelen Gandy
Hannah ZirkeYoung Emily Summerspring
Billy WickmanHutch SummerspringTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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