Nov. 12, 2020

This Day in Halloween: "Brimstone & Treacle" starring Sting opens across the U.S. in 1982. / Illustration by Justin Pakneshan.

Brimstone & Treacle opens across the U.S. in 1982. Based on Dennis Potter’s controversial play, the film version also follows an un-broadcast TV film, but stars Sting as a diabolical con man.