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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

August. 19,1950
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7.1
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NR
| Thriller Crime

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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AniInterview
1950/08/19

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Tedfoldol
1950/08/20

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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Zandra
1950/08/21

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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Fleur
1950/08/22

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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ludivinereynaud
1950/08/23

I have read the raving reviews of the other commenters. Perhaps I wasn't in the mood, or perhaps gangsters movies are just my thing but this one just didn't do it for me.I must admit I initially wanted to see it out of sheer curiosity for Ms Payton -who really held her own in this movie next to James Cagney. Aside from that, I can't put my finger on what exactly made it a tedious watch for me. Let's say that it seemed it overall lacked coherence or direction.

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Benedito Dias Rodrigues
1950/08/24

A great noir spoiled by a naive guy,Cagney produced a movie as vehicle to him,nevertheless the time is over to play a young characters, both women Barbara Payton and Helena Carter are twenty years younger,a lack of credibility for James Cagney, he actually is an older actor who don't fill the real Ralph Cotter,he shall be their father indeed,in other hand Ward Bond and Lutler adler are flawless a highlights to the picture,Barbara Payton plays a propper bombshell,later lost your life in wrong behavior and became alcooholic,a priceless lost!!Resume:First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8

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Steven Torrey
1950/08/25

I have never seen "White Heat" which apparently is a precursor to this; but this movie seems to stand well enough on its own.Cagney, of course, makes the movie. At the end, where he is shot by one of his girl-friends (Holiday Carlton played by Barbara Payton), his face reacting to the shooting as he falls dead says it all about the movie. At the moment when Ralph Cotter (Cagney) is about to receive his wildest ambition he is killed. And shot to death with the oldest motive in the world--a woman scorned.That Cagney (Ralph Cotter) is a sociopathic killer goes without saying, he shoots in the back of the head his convict buddy; the story they hang around him is believable and works. There needs to be two women in Cotter's life in order for the denouement. The other woman, the lovely Helena Carter playing Margaret Dobson. (And again brings back that old bromide from Chekov--a gun visible in the first act, must go off by the last act.) And the director makes the movie work as it unfolds with one surprise after another.It wasn't just the story line that worked. The sense of cinéma vérité helps. That scene in the beginning where the prisoners are unlocked from the bed from that one ankle chain is chilling. The sense of total corruption in the city and its richest citizen, Margaret Dobson's father, Ezra Dobson--gives the film that sense of injustice that the convict knows so well. The convict got caught while lots of people--the cop, the mayor, the governor, the pillar of the community stink from corruption--but the convict is imprisoned. But worse, the convict who knows how to play people for his own benefit, as when he rejects a $25,000 check suspecting there is much more to be had. Not only smart but manipulative in that way a person can be who understands unspoken psychological nuances. But HE is in prison!That is what Cagney's acting conveys. Not just a sociopathic killer, but a killer who suspects that others would do what he did if they thought they could get away with it as Margaret Dobson does with her speeding.The movie works for all the reasons, not so obvious.

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Scott LeBrun
1950/08/26

Big screen legend James Cagney had one more memorable lowlife role to play after Cody Jarrett in "White Heat". Here he's cast as a small time creep, Ralph Cotter. Ralph masterminds a prison break, after which he hooks up with one of the people who helped him, Holiday Carleton (Barbara Payton). Ralph quickly proves himself to be masterful at scheming and manipulating, ensnaring one hapless person after another in his plans. He even goes so far as to blackmail corrupt police detectives Weber (Ward Bond) and Reece (Barton MacLane). He seemingly has no fear, being willing to try anything.Gordon Douglas ("Them!") directs with great efficiency. The storytelling, pacing, and editing are top notch, resulting in a very compelling drama that commands your attention consistently. It has barely an honourable character for over an hour and 42 minutes; those who come closest are poor Holiday, and the appealing Margaret Dobson (Helena Carter), a rich young gal who catches Ralphs' eye. The cast is full of excellent performers - Bond, MacLane, Luther Adler as savvy attorney Keith "Cherokee" Mandon, Steve Brodie, Rhys Williams, John Litel, William Frawley, Kenneth Tobey, Frank Reicher, Neville Brand, King Donovan. Cagney's brother William produced the picture and also appears on screen. Despite the presence of all these heavy hitters, it's Cagney who your eyes return to again and again. He was clearly a natural at playing this kind of character, which he does with style, tenacity, and wit.Scripted by Harry Brown, based on the story by Horace McCoy.Eight out of 10.

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