''Tomorrow Never Comes'' (also known as ''Tomorrow Never Comes ... A Story of Today'') is a 1978 British-Canadian

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directed by Peter Collinson and starring

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and Susan George. It was written by Sydney Banks, David Pursall and Jack Seddon.

Plot

Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie 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 try to talk Frank into giving himself up, the desperate man feels himself being pushed further and further into a corner.

Cast

as Jim Wilson * Susan George as Janie * Raymond Burr as Burke * John Ireland as Captain * Stephen McHattie as Frank *

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as Dr. Todd * Paul Koslo as Willy *

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as Robert L. Lyne *

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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. 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 The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film ''Christ Stopped at Eboli (film), Christ Stopped at Eboli'' directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film ''S ...

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 latest in the lamentable series of Anglo-Canadian co-productions is an exploitative, crude combination of several recent genres: the disillusioned cop cycle, the problems of urban violence and the sinister workings of local authorities. The failure of any of these themes to establish themselves coherently is due mainly to a script which is, at one extreme, embarrassingly over-written and, at the other, replete with staccato exchanges which leave the actors floundering. ... Behind the exploding violence (and threats of even more), there remains the glimmer of a social point, but the determinedly sleazy tone and hysterically pointed direction soon snuff it out."

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomorrow Never Comes 1978 films Canadian crime drama films British crime drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Peter Collinson Films scored by Roy Budd 1978 crime drama films 1970s English-language films 1970s Canadian films 1970s British films English-language crime drama films