Film noir was born in the shadows. But as has been proven innumerable times over the last half-century or so of crime…

Cast
Jeff Bridges (Father Daniel Flynn)Cynthia Erivo (Darlene Sweet)Dakota Johnson (Emily Summerspring)Jon Hamm (Laramie Seymour Sullivan)Chris Hemsworth (Billy Lee)Cailee Spaeny (Rose Summerspring)Lewis Pullman (Miles Miller)Nick Offerman (Felix O'Kelly)Xavier Dolan (Buddy Sunday)Shea Whigham (Dr. Woodbury Laurence)Mark O'Brien (Larsen Rogers)Charles Halford (Sammy Wilds)Jim O'Heir (Milton Wyrick)Gerry Nairn (Reporter Paul Kraemer)Alvina August (Vesta Shears)London Morrison (Angela Harris (Vesta's Backup Singer))Bethany Brown (Florence Lemons (Vesta's Backup Singer))Rebecca Toolan (Helen Gandy)
Director
Drew Goddard
Synopsis
Early 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.
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