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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) is a film noir directed by Gordon Douglas 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, Ward Bond and Barton MacLane as two crooked cops, and Cagney's brother William (who produced the film) as Ralph Cotter's brother.

Plot

James Cagney plays Ralph Cotter, a career criminal who escapes from prison, then murders his partner in crime. Along they way he attempts to woo his ex partner's sister (Barbara Payton) by threatening to expose her role in his escape. Cotter quickly gets back into the crime business only to be shook down by local corrupt cops.

Critical reaction

The film, often compared unfavorably to White Heat
, receives mixed reviews. The calls the film mis-directed writing: "the film reads a bit like an orchestra playing without a conductor." gives the film only praise calling it, "the best of the post-war gangster movies."

Cast

James Cagney
as Ralph Cotter
Barbara Payton
as Holiday Carleton
Helena Carter as Margaret Dobson
Ward Bond
as Insp. Charles Weber
Luther Adler
as Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon
Barton MacLane
as Lt. John Reece
Steve Brodie
as Joe 'Jinx' Raynor
Rhys Williams
as Vic Mason
Herbert Heyes as Ezra Dobson
John Litel
as Police Chief Tolgate
William Frawley
as Byers

Quotes

"He's too smart for you!"
"Oh no, he stopped being smart when he took my money."

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