Tomorrow Never Comes

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Tomorrow Never Comes
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Directed by Peter Collinson
Written by Sydney Banks
David Pursall
Jack Seddon
Starring Oliver Reed
Susan George
Cinematography François Protat
Edited by John Shirley
Music by Roy Budd
Production
companies
Classic
Montreal Trust
Neffbourne
Distributed by Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
Release date
  • 2 March 1978 (1978-03-02)
Running time
109 minutes
CountriesCanada
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetCAD 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]

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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

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]

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References

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  4. "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2013.