Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Infobox_Film
name = Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye


imdb_id = 0042648
director = Gordon Douglas
writer = Harry Brown
Horace McCoy (novel)
starring = James Cagney,
Barbara Payton,
Helena Carter
producer = William Cagney
music = Carmen Dragon
cinematography = J. Peverell Marley
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = August 4, 1950 (U.S. release)
runtime = 102 min.
language = English

"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" (1950) is a film noir directed by Gordon Douglas based on the novel by Horace McCoy. The film was banned in Ohio as "a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission."

Supporting Cagney are Luther Adler as a crooked lawyer, Ward Bond and Barton MacLane as two crooked cops, and Cagney's brother William (who produced the film) as Ralph Cotter's brother.

Plot

James Cagney plays Ralph Cotter, a career criminal who escapes from prison, then murders his partner in crime. Along they way he attempts to woo his ex partner's sister (Barbara Payton) by threatening to expose her role in his escape. Cotter quickly gets back into the crime business only to be shaken down by local corrupt cops.

Critical reaction

The film, often compared unfavorably to "White Heat", receives mixed reviews. The [http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/15841_KISS_TOMORROW_GOODBYE.html Chicago Reader] calls the film mis-directed writing: "the film reads a bit like an orchestra playing without a conductor." [http://www.timeout.com/film/78790.html Time Out Film Guide] gives the film only praise calling it, "the best of the post-war gangster movies."

Cast

* James Cagney as Ralph Cotter
* Barbara Payton as Holiday Carleton
* Helena Carter as Margaret Dobson
* Ward Bond as Insp. Charles Weber
* Luther Adler as Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon
* Barton MacLane as Lt. John Reece
* Steve Brodie as Joe 'Jinx' Raynor
* Rhys Williams as Vic Mason
* Herbert Heyes as Ezra Dobson
* John Litel as Police Chief Tolgate
* William Frawley as Byers

External links

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* [http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2008/07/kiss-tomorrow-goodbye-1950.html Film Noir of the Week]


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