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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Unarmed… He’s dangerous. Armed… He’s lethal.

6.8(50)19501h 43m2

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

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Released
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Language
English
  • corruption
  • trial
  • prison escape
  • film noir
  • police corruption
  • convict
  • courtroom
  • criminal gang
  • business tycoon

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRNew York City4 Aug 1950
    • Theatrical19 Aug 1950
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG16 Nov 1950
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1614 Jun 1951
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical186 Sept 1957
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical26 Sept 1951
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical26 Sept 1955

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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye was released on 19 August 1950.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    1/8/2019

    8/10

    And you can kiss tomorrow goodbye! Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is directed by Gordon Douglas and adapted to screenplay by Harry Brown from the novel by Horace McCoy. It stars James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond, Luther Adler and Steve Brodie. Music is by Carmen Dragon and photography by J. Peverell Marley. Ralph Cotter (Cagney), career criminal, escapes from prison and crudely murders his partne…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    9/6/2022

    7/10

    James Cagney positively oozes malevolence in this gritty and dark thriller. He is "Cotter", a violent man who escapes from prison with the help the rather naive "Holiday" (Barbara Peyton). Pretty soon she is putty in his hands, swiftly followed by a couple of bent cops - and before we know it, he is running quite a successful little crime syndicate with a brand new identity. A chance encounter with the wealthy social…

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