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6.4 1h 15m

Hold Back Tomorrow

"What Strange Law Answered His Last Request... to bring THIS Beautiful Woman to His Cell?"

A condemned murderer, scheduled to hang in the morning, asks for the company of a woman in his final hours.

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Top Cast

  • Cleo Moore

    Cleo Moore

    Dora

  • John Agar

    John Agar

    Joe Cardos

  • Frank De Kova

    Frank De Kova

    Priest

  • Dallas Boyd

    Dallas Boyd

    Warden

  • Steffi Sidney

    Steffi Sidney

    Clara

  • Mel Welles

    Mel Welles

    First Guard

  • Harry Guardino

    Harry Guardino

    Detective

  • Mona Knox

    Mona Knox

    Escort Girl

  • Arlene Harris

    Arlene Harris

    Proprietress

Overview

A condemned murderer, scheduled to hang in the morning, asks for the company of a woman in his final hours.

Rating

6.4 / 10
11 Reviews
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 20, 2023

    This is my favourite performance from the otherwise rather sterile John Agar. He is "Joe", on death row having been found guilty of strangling three women. He's decided to go out in Garbo style, wanting to be alone and angrily resisting any attempts from his family, or the priest, to comfort him as the big day nears. With twenty-four hours to go, though, he decides that the "company" of a lady might help ease his burden and obliged to help him out, the prison manage to recruit "Dora" (Cleo Moore). Now she's not in a very good place either - indeed had earlier tried to jump in the river; so a few dollars for a quickie with "Joe" didn't seem such a bad offer. Whilst there is certainly a predictability about the latter portion of this drama, it's still performed well and is tautly directed by Hugo Haas. Moore delivers an impassioned effort, indeed in many ways her character is far more intriguing than the sorry-for-himself "Joe". It is a bit dialogue-heavy, but for the most part that dialogue is worth listening to as we head towards the expected denouement - expected on just about every level. It does sail perilously close to melodrama at times, but it has a compensating grittiness and realism that I felt made this a much better than average tale to tell. You probably won't remember it for long afterwards, but it's enthralling enough when you watch.

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