To-morrow We Live (also known as Tomorrow We Live) is a 1936 British drama film directed and written by H. Manning Haynes and starring Godfrey Tearle, Haidee Wright and Renee Gadd. It was made as a quota quickie at Elstree Studios.
A desperate and suicidal man starts a scheme to help people in similar positions.
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Plot
Financier Sir Charles Hendra, who is on the brink of ruin, reflects on his life's failings and considers ending it all. He advertises for twelve men and women who are similarly at their wits' end and are contemplating suicide, and gathers the applicants for a dinner. He gives each person a £50 note and challenges them to do whatever they need to do, to get their lives back on track.
Cast
Godfrey Tearle as Sir Charles Hendra
Haidee Wright as Mrs. Gill
Renee Gadd as Patricia Gordon
Sebastian Shaw as Eric Morton
Eliot Makeham as Henry Blossom
Thea Holme as Mary Leighton
George Carney as Mr. Taylor
Rosalind Atkinson as Mrs. Taylor
Jessica Black as Mrs. Carter
Fred Withers as Mr. Carter
Cyril Raymond as George Warner
Reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "It says something for the appealing character of the plot that it gets over very well, in spite of a camera-conscious attitude by some of the performers."
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Only fair quota of humour and suspense; major portrayals adequate; average technical qualities and settings. Fair popular entertainment."
Picture Show wrote: "It is well treated, and has some genuine humour, but apart from the two leading characters, the players convey an atmosphere of artificiality."