Tomorrow Never Comes

1978 Canadian film
  • 2 March 1978 (1978-03-02)
Running time
109 minutesCountriesCanada
United KingdomLanguageEnglishBudgetCAD 2,341,000

Tomorrow Never Comes is a 1978 British-Canadian crime film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Oliver Reed and Susan George.[1]

Plot

Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank (Stephen McHattie) discovers that his girlfriend Janie (Susan George) is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. As they fight over this development, tensions between Frank and Janie escalate out of control until he is holding her hostage in a standoff with the police. As the negotiators (Oliver Reed, Paul Koslo) try to talk Frank into giving himself up, the desperate man feels himself being pushed further and further into a corner.[2]

Cast

  • Oliver Reed as Jim Wilson
  • Susan George as Janie
  • Raymond Burr as Burke
  • John Ireland as Captain
  • Stephen McHattie as Frank
  • Donald Pleasence as Dr. Todd
  • Paul Koslo as Willy
  • John Osborne as Robert L. Lyne
  • Cec Linder as Milton
  • Richard Donat as Ray
  • Delores Etienne as Hilda

Production

The film was a "tax shelter co-production" between the UK and Canada. The picture was filmed in the province of Quebec.[3]

Susan George had worked with Peter Collinson before in Up the Junction (1968) and Fright (1971).

Awards

The film was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tomorrow Never Comes (1977) - Peter Collinson - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Tomorrow Never Comes". 2 March 1978. Retrieved 22 November 2017 – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ^ "Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)". Retrieved 22 November 2017 – via www.imdb.com.
  4. ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

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