''Danger Tomorrow'' is a 1960 British

second feature A B movie, or B film, is a type of cheap, low-budget commercial motion picture. Originally, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, this term specifically referred to films meant to be shown as the lesser-known second half of a double feature, s ...

noir

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Terry Bishop Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. Career In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including '' Daybreak in Udi'' (1949) ...

and starring

Zena Walker Zena Cecilia Walker (7 March 1934 – 24 August 2003) was an English actress in film, theatre and television. Biography Walker was born in the Selly Oak district of Birmingham, the daughter of George Walker, a grocer, and his wife Elizabeth Lo ...

, Robert Urquhart and

Rupert Davies Rupert Lisburn Gwynne Davies FRSA (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of ''Maigret'', based on Georges Simenon's novels. Life and career Milit ...

. It was written by

Guy Deghy Guy Deghy (born Gedeon Aladar Istvan Deghy; 11 October 1912 – 25 February 1992), was a Hungarian-born actor who appeared largely in British films and television. Career He appeared in the 5th episode of the first season of'' The Saint'' dep ...

based on a story by Charles Frank.

Plot

A doctor and his wife move into an old house in an English village where he is to start a new job, but over the next few days his wife, who has

second sight Extrasensory perception (ESP), also known as a sixth sense, or cryptaesthesia, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind. The term was ado ...

, begins to experience strange visions, in which she foresees a murder, and starts feeling frightened that her life is in danger.

Cast

as Ginny Murray * Robert Urquhart as Bob Murray *

as Dr. Robert Campbell * Annabel Maule as Helen *

Russell Waters Russell Waters (10 June 1908 – 19 August 1982) was a British film actor. Waters was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow and the University of Glasgow. He began acting with the Old English Comedy and Shakespeare Company then app ...

as Steve *

Lisa Daniely Lisa Daniely (born Mary Elizabeth Bodington; 4 June 1929 – 24 January 2014) was a British film and television actress. Life and career Born in Reading, Berkshire, to an English solicitor father and a French mother, she was educated in Paris ...

as Marie * Maggie Flint as florist * Charles Houston as messenger * Dennis Warden as Johnson * Robert Dougall as news reader *

Neil Hallett Neil Hallett (born John W. Neil; 30 June 1924 – 5 December 2004) was a Belgian-born English actor. His stage name was taken from a combination of his proper surname, Neil, and his grandmother's maiden name, Hallet. He began his acting care ...

as police Inspector * Kenneth J. Warren as patient

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those wi ...

'' wrote: "The Murrays' old dark house is real and depressing, not just another Gothic mansion, and there is a welcome lack of overall sensationalism. As a result the occasional shock effects, especially the murder vision, carry quite an impact, and Zena Walker is all the more convincing as the confused and prescient Ginny. The script tends to waste time on such conventional elements as Ginny's attractive French rival, and leaves a few loose ends dangling at the end, but Terry Bishop maintains the supernatural atmosphere quite well and the supporting performances, notably Annabel Maule's jargon-ridden psychiatrist, register." ''

Kine Weekly ''Kinematograph Weekly'', popularly known as ''Kine Weekly'', was a trade paper catering to the British film industry between 1889 and 1971. Etymology The word Kinematograph was derived from the Greek ' Kinumai ', (to move, to be in motion, to ...

'' wrote: "The capsule thriller, competently acted, skilfully directed and adequately staged, intrigues and carries a modest kick. Confidently prescribed for the masses and womenfolk. ... The picture is quickly off the mark and the touch of the supernatural keeps it going until it reaches its twist climax. Zena Walker convinces as the confused and frightened Ginny, Robert Urquhart meets all demands as Bob, and Rupert Davies disarms, anyway for the most part, as the scheming, homicidal Campbell. Its supporting players, too, register. The feminine angle is shrewdly plugged, its settings are suitably varied, and the dialogue is incisive."

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0053748
Danger Tomorrow trailer
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