

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Unarmed… He’s dangerous. Armed… He’s lethal.
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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- Language
- English
- corruption
- trial
- prison escape
- film noir
- police corruption
- convict
- courtroom
- criminal gang
- business tycoon
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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
2- J8/10
John Chard
1/8/2019
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…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/6/2022
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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