''Tomorrow Never Comes'' is a 1978 British-Canadian

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by Peter Collinson and starring Oliver Reed and Susan George.

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. In the course of fighting 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 Paul Koslo (born Manfred Koslowski; June 27, 1944 – January 9, 2019) was a German-born Canadian actor. Career Koslo started his career in such 1970s films as ''Nam's Angels'' a.k.a. ''The Losers'', ''Vanishing Point'' and ''The Stone Kill ...

) try to talk Frank into giving himself up, the desperate man feels himself being pushed further and further into a corner.

Cast

* Oliver Reed as Jim Wilson * Susan George as Janie * Raymond Burr as Burke * John Ireland as Captain * Stephen McHattie as Frank * Donald Pleasence as Dr. Todd *

as Willy *

John Osborne John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, known for his prose that criticized established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play ''Look Back in Anger'' tra ...

as Robert L. Lyne *

Cec Linder Cecil Yekuthial Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. He was Jewish and managed to escape Poland before the Holocaust. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, ...

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'' directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film '' Siete días de enero'' directed ...

References

External links

* 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 {{1970s-crime-film-stub