Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Directed by

Gordon Douglas

Genre

film noir, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A conniving criminal escapes from prison and then sets out to manipulate everyone around him. He uses a crooked lawyer and corrupt cops to climb the underworld ladder and commit more crimes.

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What happens

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is a 1950 film noir starring James Cagney, directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by William Cagney and based on the novel by Horace McCoy. The film was banned in Ohio as "a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission." Supporting Cagney are Luther Adler as a crooked lawyer, and Ward Bond and Barton MacLane as two crooked cops. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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