Make Haste to Live
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Produced by | William A. Seiter |
| Screenplay by | Warren B. Duff |
| Based on | the novel by Mildred Gordon Gordon Gordon |
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| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | John L. Russell |
| Edited by | Fred Allen |
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Production
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Republic Pictures
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| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Make Haste to Live is a 1954 American film noir directed by William A. Seiter and released by Republic Pictures.
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Plot
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Crystal Benson is a single mother living in a small town in New Mexico. One night she feels a man is stalking her. She grabs a gun and makes a series of arrangements anticipating her own death. She prepares a tape with a message for her teenage daughter, who (in flashback) speaks about her relationship with Steve Blackford, who had a good reason to hate her.
Crystal is determined and has many resources to kill him if he tries to hurt her, but Steve has had 18 years to prepare a plan of revenge.
Cast
- Dorothy McGuire as Crystal Benson
- Stephen McNally as Steve
- Mary Murphy as Randy Benson
- Edgar Buchanan as Sheriff
- John Howard as Josh
- Ron Hagerthy as Hack
- Pepe Hern as Rodolfo Gonzales
- Eddy Waller as Spud Kelly
- Carolyn Jones as Mary Rose
Reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote, "Warren Duff's screen play is hackneyed and William A. Seiter's direction is dull. No one's performance is exciting. Only Edgar Buchanan as a sheriff seems slightly real."[1]
References
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- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Make Haste to Live at IMDb
- Make Haste to Live at AllMovie
- Make Haste to Live at the TCM Movie Database
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