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Title: Straight on Till Morning (1972)
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Cast
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| Rita Tushingham | ... | Brenda Thompson | |
| Shane Briant | ... | Peter Clive | |
| James Bolam | ... | Joey | |
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Katya Wyeth | ... | Caroline |
| Annie Ross | ... | Liza | |
| Tom Bell | ... | Jimmy Lindsay | |
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Clare Kelly | ... | Margo Thompson |
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Harold Berens | ... | Mr. Harris |
| John Clive | ... | Newsagent | |
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Tommy Godfrey | ... | Mr. Godfrey |
| Mavis Villiers | ... | Indian Princess | |
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Lola Willard | ... | Customer |
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Tinker | ... | Tinker |
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Shy Brenda Thompson writes naive children's stories to amuse herself. Stifled and desperate for a man of her own, she leaves Liverpool, telling her mom she's pregnant, and gets a job in a boutique in London. She moves in with the promiscuous but good-hearted Caroline but the mod set shuns her for her plain looks. Then she kidnaps a strange young man's dog, so as to perhaps get to know him while returning it. The young man turns out to be Peter, a psychopath with a predilection for killing beautiful things. He renames Brenda Wendy, and they start a hopeful, if strange, relationship. It might have a chance, if it weren't for Peter's murderous secrets. Written by Leo
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serial killer | female nudity | nudity | murder of a nude woman | pantyhose |Taglines:
How could she know the morning would never come?Genres:
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Music by Annie Ross
Lyrics by Annie Ross and John Peacock
Sung by Annie Ross
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The title is a quotation from J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan": Peter tells Wendy that Neverland is "second star to the right, and straight on till morning". See more »Goofs
Brenda lives with her mother in Liverpool and tells her she is going to London, however the opening establishing shots of "Liverpool" were actually filmed in Battersea, London. See more »Alternate Versions
The BBFC cut the film in 1972 for an X rating. See more »Soundtracks
Straight On Till MorningMusic by Annie Ross
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Sung by Annie Ross
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August 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Niave, homely Brenda ("A Taste of Honey"'s Rita Tushingham) desperate to find a man willing to give her a baby, leaves home to move in to an apartment with her "friend", after she back stabs her. She runs into the night only to find and kidnap a dog in hopes of meeting it's owner. Which she does. But life isn't romantified and has little use for idle dreamers. This is one of the later Hammer films, and i adore it. It's nihilististic, misogynistic, realistic tone is great. Well acted and suspenseful. This physcological thriller is one to see. On the downside, none of the characters are really sympathetic.
My Grade: B
DVD Extras: Commentary by Rita Tushington and Journalist Jonathan Sothcott; Peter Collinson Bio; and Theatrical Trailer