Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

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Audience Member Nicely performed crime drama, all duplicitous cops and robbers, and gangsters' molls. The plotting is occasionally hard work, but you keep watching because of Cagney's comic energy and a brace of good supporting performances. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member good deep dark Cagney following up his brutal performance in 'white heat' Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty standard Cagney fare, with him playing an ex-con trying to make his way in crime after busting out of prison. That said, it was never boring, followed a reasonable plot and some parts were really quite funny. Perfectly watchable. 7.25/10 Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Cagney's character was kinda sadistic i think Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Better than I ever thought possible! A title like this HAS to be great, and this was GREAT. Fast paced crime drama. Cagney NEVER better, as only Cagney can play it! [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJ0NhoO55EN1WvM1LhIP1tLEU3QjM0KUG6832s7ARRHwN2eH9fjg[/img] SEE it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lluoYqs58w Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is a 1950 film noir starring James Cagney, directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by William Cagney and based on the novel by Horace McCoy. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zC_B7k6w_Pk/UHw2TsWZxXI/AAAAAAABSgg/WY3cae9dyLQ/s400/420777_4583369420135_771592525_n.jpg[/img] NOTES: 1 The film was banned in Ohio as "a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission." [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7138/7541586080_a26b56ae1a.jpg[/img] Cast[edit] 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 [img]http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5603/ktg.png[/img] Fred Camper, film critic for The Chicago Reader, called the film mis-directed, writing, "Gordon Douglas's direction is almost incoherent compared to Raoul Walsh's in White Heat (1949), Film critic Dennis Schwartz generally liked the film and wrote, "This is an energetic straightforward crime drama based on the book by Horace McCoy (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) and the screen play, which hardly makes sense and is the root of the film's problems, is by Harry Brown. Gordon M. Douglas (Come Fill the Cup/Only the Valiant) helms it by keeping it fast-paced, brutal and cynical, and lets star James Cagney pick up where he left off in the year earlier White Heat as an unsympathetic mad dog killer. This was an even tougher film, but the crowds didn't respond to it as favorably as they did to White Heat (which seems odd, since it's basically the same type of B-movie)." [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yqc%2BKf%2BIL._SY300_.jpg[/img] REVIEWS by the unpaid: 90% Almost as good as Cagney's White Heat he filmed a year prior. This one is more suspenseful and not as evenly paced maybe, but still a great! 40% More of a slow drama than anything else. I would've given it a lowere rating if James Cagney wasn't in it, but he can make anything worth a little more... [img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/GtdhFgU2YntY08oIA9ouN9eszrEov7inNHWvKTljFbk6_Nxbd69CCFyVp4rk8LgjDYwoYI1Yuv6kNy886c7Sh4eNlJo%3Dw426-h320-n[/img] If she could not have Cagney.. Directed by Gordon Douglas Produced by William Cagney Screenplay by Harry Brown Based on the novel Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye by Horace McCoy Music by Carmen Dragon Cinematography J. Peverell Marley Editing by Walter Hannemann Truman K. Wood Studio William Cagney Productions Distributed by Warner Bros. Release dates August 4, 1950 (United States) Running time 102 minutes Country United States Language English [img]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIH3wn28dB-llBw2mp2e3cJNJBZJ9Ip9ajJ_YNiqKr3XjDIBWS[/img] [img]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSuSozn61UmAB7AC6fATEgWMkVPZCjJV20sJncwWCUx32oSH_1b[/img] Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Almost as good as Cagney's White Heat he filmed a year prior. This one is more suspenseful and not as evenly paced maybe, but still a great! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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