Hold Back Tomorrow
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| Hold Back Tomorrow | |
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| Directed by | Hugo Haas |
| Written by | Hugo Haas |
| Starring | Cleo Moore John Agar |
| Distributed by | Universal International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 1955 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 75 min |
| Language | English |
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Hold Back Tomorrow is an American 1955 film released by Universal-International.
In this bizarre drama, an inmate on death row has one final request before his impending hanging: he wants to spend the night with a woman. The police bring him a suicidal prostitute. After a night of lovemaking, the two decide they are in love and are married by the prison chaplain. This eases his torment about going to the gallows. Just before he is to be killed, he describes a dream he had where the rope breaks during the hanging, the death bell rings, and he is freed. As he prays for his miracle the death bell tolls and the film fades to black.
[edit] Cast
- Cleo Moore as Dora
- John Agar as Joe Cardos
- Frank DeKova as Priest
- Harry Guardino
[edit] Trivia
This was the second film to costar Moore and Agar, who had together together in 1954's Bait which was also directed by Haas. Agar was a Universal contract player at the time of this film; Moore was on loan from Columbia Pictures.
