Tomorrow at Ten (Original title)Chance to Live (Working title)Golliwog (Working title)
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 23 June 1963 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Lance Comfort
Synopsis: Thriller. The son of wealthy widow Anthony Chester is abducted and locked in the top-storey room of a secluded house, with a time bomb set for ten o'clock the next morning sewn into a golliwog doll. The kidnapper, Marlow, goes to Chester's house and demands £50,000; he intends to fly to South America from where he will telephone at seven o'clock the next morning with the location of the boy. Chester wishes to pay, as he can afford to, but Detective Inspector Parnell of the C.I.D. argues strenuously to his superior, Bewley, that this course of action would give a licence to kidnappers, and that Marlow must be persuaded to give in and talk. Parnell gets talking to Marlow and they engage in a battle of wits, in which the detective discovers that Marlow did not pick the golliwog at random, but that it represents a painful episode from his childhood. When Chester attacks Marlow and leaves him in a coma, time begins to run out. With the chances of Marlow speaking draining away, Parnell tracks down Marlow's parents, who run a seedy nightclub called The Golliwog Club. They have little contact with their son, though, and are unable to say where he might live. When the morning papers come out, featuring a picture of Marlow, a telephone call comes through to Scotland Yard, from an estate agent who believes he recently let Marlow a house. With minutes to go before ten o'clock, the police race to an address in Wimbledon...
Genre: Thriller
Subjects: Kidnapping, Bombs, Policemen
Releases
Date: 23 June 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Length: 7210 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v1 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v124 n86 4 May 1964 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v124 n86 4 May 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v231 n9 29 Apr 1964 Page: 42
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v231 n9 29 Apr 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v30 n355 August 1963 Page: 122
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v30 n355 August 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2903 23 May 1963 Page: 20
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2903 23 May 1963: no known title]Language: English
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 23 June 1963 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Lance Comfort
Synopsis: Thriller. The son of wealthy widow Anthony Chester is abducted and locked in the top-storey room of a secluded house, with a time bomb set for ten o'clock the next morning sewn into a golliwog doll. The kidnapper, Marlow, goes to Chester's house and demands £50,000; he intends to fly to South America from where he will telephone at seven o'clock the next morning with the location of the boy. Chester wishes to pay, as he can afford to, but Detective Inspector Parnell of the C.I.D. argues strenuously to his superior, Bewley, that this course of action would give a licence to kidnappers, and that Marlow must be persuaded to give in and talk. Parnell gets talking to Marlow and they engage in a battle of wits, in which the detective discovers that Marlow did not pick the golliwog at random, but that it represents a painful episode from his childhood. When Chester attacks Marlow and leaves him in a coma, time begins to run out. With the chances of Marlow speaking draining away, Parnell tracks down Marlow's parents, who run a seedy nightclub called The Golliwog Club. They have little contact with their son, though, and are unable to say where he might live. When the morning papers come out, featuring a picture of Marlow, a telephone call comes through to Scotland Yard, from an estate agent who believes he recently let Marlow a house. With minutes to go before ten o'clock, the police race to an address in Wimbledon...
Genre: Thriller
Subjects: Kidnapping, Bombs, Policemen
Releases
Date: 23 June 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Length: 7210 FeetDialogue (original): English
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: British National Film Catalogue v1 1963Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v1 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v124 n86 4 May 1964 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v124 n86 4 May 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v231 n9 29 Apr 1964 Page: 42
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v231 n9 29 Apr 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v30 n355 August 1963 Page: 122
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v30 n355 August 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2903 23 May 1963 Page: 20
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2903 23 May 1963: no known title]Language: English