| Kill Me Tomorrow | |
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| Directed by | Terence Fisher |
| Written by | Robert Falconer Manning O'Brine |
| Story by | Robert Falconer |
| Produced by | Francis Searle Richard Gordon |
| Starring | Pat O'Brien Lois Maxwell George Coulouris Tommy Steele |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Ann Chegwidden |
| Music by | Temple Abady |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Renown Pictures (UK) |
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Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Kill Me Tomorrow is a 1957 Britishcrime film directed byTerence Fisher and starringPat O'Brien andLois Maxwell.[1] It was written by Robert Falconer andManning O'Brine and made byTempean Films atSouthall Studios inWest London.
The film features a cameo byTommy Steele.
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.
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]
TheRadio 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]
InBritish Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Sombre drama, adequately acted."[4]
TV Guide wrote, "it's overplayed and melodramatic but has enough intrigue to make it watchable."[5]