Danger Tomorrow

1960 British film by Terry Bishop

1960 (1960)

Running time

61 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Danger Tomorrow is a 1960 British second feature^[1] noir crime film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Zena Walker, Robert Urquhart and Rupert Davies.^[2]

Plot

A doctor and his wife move into an old house in an English village where he is to start a new job, but over the next few days his wife (who has second sight) begins to experience strange visions, in which she foresees a murder, and starts feeling frightened that her life is in danger.

Cast

Zena Walker as Ginny Murray
Robert Urquhart as Bob Murray
Rupert Davies as Dr. Robert Campbell
Annabel Maule as Helen
Russell Waters as Steve
Lisa Daniely as Marie
Maggie Flint as florist
Charles Houston as messenger
Dennis Warden as Johnson
Robert Dougall as news reader
Neil Hallett as police Inspector
Kenneth J. Warren as patient

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The Murrays' old dark house is real and depressing, not just another Gothic mansion, and there is a welcome lack of overall sensationalism. As a result the occasional shock effects, especially the murder vision, carry quite an impact, and Zena Walker is all the more convincing as the confused and prescient Ginny. The script tends to waste time on such conventional elements as Ginny's attractive French rival, and leaves a few loose ends dangling at the end, but Terry Bishop maintains the supernatural atmosphere quite well and the supporting performances, notably Annabel Maule's jargon-ridden psychiatrist, register."^[3]

References

^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
^ "Danger Tomorrow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "Danger Tomorrow". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 83. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.