Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950), directed by Gordon Douglas, with James Cagney, Barbara Payton and Helena Carter.

Amoral crook Ralph Cotter (J Cagney) breaks out of jail, assisted by Holiday Carleton (Barbara Payton), the sister of another prisoner…who doesn’t make it out to freedom. Soon Ralph manipulates the grieving Holiday into his arms, and two crooked cops soon follow her into his pocket. Ralph’s total lack of scruples brings him great success in a series of robberies, but his easy conquest of gullible heiress Margaret Dobson proves more dangerous to him than any crime.

Based on a bestselling novel by Horace McCoy, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye was the first of four movies that Cagney and his brother William made for Warners. Coming on the heels of Cagney’s better known White Heat(1949), this film takes violence and corruption to a new level (for the times) and was banned in Ohio as “a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission.”

Doors open at 18.30, for a 19.30 start.

Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.

TICKETS & PRICING

Tickets £8.

Advance tickets may be purchased from Ticketlab, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours.