Tomorrow Never Comes

Canada, United Kingdom

1978

106 Min

Color

English

Currently 1.5/5 Stars.
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CAST Donald Pleasence, Stephen McHattie, John Ireland, Oliver Reed, Susan George, Raymond Burr, Paul Koslo, Cec Linder, Richard Donat, Delores Etienne

Returning home after a lengthy business trip, Frank (Stephen McHattie) discovers his girlfriend, singer Janie (Susan George), now works at a new resort hotel and has taken up with the owner (John Osborne). Furious, the disturbed Frank goes on a shooting rampage and takes Janie hostage. A tense standoff ensues in this gripping drama, which co-stars Oliver Reed as a police lieutenant who responds to the crisis on his last day before retirement.

Director

Peter Collinson

Peter Collinson (1 April 1936 – 16 December 1980) was a British film director probably best known for directing the 1969 movie The Italian Job.

Early life

Peter Collinson was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire in 1936. His parents, an actress and a musician, separated when he was two years old; he was raised by his grandparents. From ages eight to 14 he attended the Actor’s Orphanage in Chertsey, Surrey where he had the chance to write and act in many plays. Noel Coward, who was president of the orphanage at the time, became his godfather and helped him to obtain jobs in the entertainment industry.

In 1954 he was called up for national service and served two years in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency.

Career

His early television work included time as a floor manager for the BBC and directing for ATV at Elstree studios where he met Michael Klinger who would offer him the director role on his first film, The Penthouse. Collinson also worked with Telefís… read more