Kill Me Tomorrow
1957 British film by Terence Fisher
- 1957 (1957)
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Kill Me Tomorrow is a 1957 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher starring Pat O'Brien and Lois Maxwell.[1] It was made by Tempean Films at Southall Studios in West London.
The film features a cameo by Tommy Steele.
Plot
After suffering a series of personal setbacks and in desperate need of cash, reporter Bart Crosbie tries to get his old job back. But when he returns to the newspaper offices, Crosbie discovers that his former boss has been murdered. He is then offered money by the killer, a diamond smuggler, to take the murder rap.
Cast
- Pat O'Brien as Bart Crosbie
- Lois Maxwell as Jill Brook
- George Coulouris as Heinz Webber
- Wensley Pithey as Inspector Lane
- Tommy Steele as himself
- Freddie Mills as Waxy Lister
- Ronald Adam as Mr. Brook
- Robert Brown as Steve Ryan
- Richard Pasco as Dr. Fisher
- April Olrich as Bella Braganza
- Peter Swanwick as Harrison
- Al Mulock as Rod
- Larry Taylor as Carson (uncredited)
- Ian Wilson as Marty (uncredited)
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Spiced with maudlin sentiment on the one hand and a guest appearance by Tommy Steele on the other, this is a competent but unconvincing crime story. However odd the teaming of Pat O'Brien and Lois Maxwell, the playing is quite adequate."[2]
The Radio Times called the film a "far-fetched B-movie ...Terence Fisher directs with little enthusiasm, but it's worth hanging in there to catch the debut of Tommy Steele."[3]
TV Guide wrote, "it's overplayed and melodramatic but has enough intrigue to make it watchable."[4]
References
- ^ "Kill Me Tomorrow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Kill Me Tomorrow". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 24 (276): 72. 1 January 1957 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Kill Me Tomorrow | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Kill Me Tomorrow Review". Movies.tvguide.com. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
External links
- Kill Me Tomorrow at IMDb
- Kill Me Tomorrow then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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Films directed by Terence Fisher
- A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
- Colonel Bogey (1948)
- To the Public Danger (1948)
- Portrait from Life (1948)
- Marry Me! (1949)
- The Astonished Heart (1950)
- So Long at the Fair (1950)
- Home to Danger (1951)
- The Last Page (1952)
- Wings of Danger (1952)
- Stolen Face (1952)
- Distant Trumpet (1952)
- Mantrap (1953)
- Four Sided Triangle (1953)
- Spaceways (1953)
- Blood Orange (1953)
- Face the Music (1954)
- Murder by Proxy (1954)
- A Stranger Came Home (1954)
- Final Appointment (1954)
- Mask of Dust (1954)
- Children Galore (1955)
- Stolen Assignment (1955)
- The Flaw (1955)
- The Gelignite Gang (1956)
- The Last Man to Hang (1956)
- Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
- The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
- Dracula (1958)
- The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
- The Mummy (1959)
- The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
- The Brides of Dracula (1960)
- The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
- Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
- The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
- The Horror of It All (1963)
- The Gorgon (1964)
- The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
- Island of Terror (1966)
- Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
- Night of the Big Heat (1967)
- The Devil Rides Out (1968)
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
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