''When Tomorrow Dies'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Larry Kent and released in 1965.

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, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 238. The film stars

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as Gwen James, a housewife trapped in an unfulfilling marriage to Doug ( Douglas Campbell), who returns to university and embarks on an extramarital affair with her professor Patrick Trevelyan (Neil Dainard)."Les Wedman"
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'', November 25, 1975. The film was shot in

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, for a budget of $100,000, the largest budget Kent had worked with on any of his films to that time. It also marked his first time directing a screenplay that he had not written entirely on his own, as the film was written primarily by

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creative writing professor Robert Harlow. The film had its theatrical premiere on November 24, 1965 in Vancouver. It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.

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, "Mon Oncle Antoine No. 1 with critics". ''

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'', August 2, 1984. It was also part of a retrospective of Kent's films, alongside '' The Bitter Ash'', '' Sweet Substitute'' and ''

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'', which screened at a number of venues in 2002 and 2003, including

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, the

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in Vancouver and the

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, "Catch up on your Kent". ''

'', February 1, 2003.

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* 1965 films 1965 drama films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Larry Kent Films shot in Vancouver 1960s English-language films 1960s Canadian films {{1960s-Canada-film-stub