People. People who feed people, are the unloveliest people in the world. At least, that's the message often conveyed in film noir. Released after eighteen years, three months and six days behind bars, Steve Cochran's initial, 'kid in a sweet shop' fascination with post war gadgetry soon unravels when he stumbles into a lunch counter and encounters dour, dismal 'Dutch', the kind of glum, glowering figure who could start an argument in an empty house! Who cares if Cochran wants three different pies? Whose teeth are going to be chomping on them, anyway? But for his pledge, 'nobody's ever gonna lock me up again', it might have been enough to make him want to sign up for another eighteen year stretch.
Cochran becomes further disaffected by life on the outside, when a seemingly benevolent journalist advises him of a job opportunity, only to splash his picture and case history across the front page of the next morning's local rag.
Seriously seeking love, Cochran hooks up with dance hall girl, Ruth Roman. The shooting of an antagonistic cop, leads the pair to an audacious escape in the back of the world's first driverless car, before they descend into train hopping, hitch-hiking hobos. It's not going very well.....until they finally find friendly farmers and steady work, but they constantly fear that the demons from the past are only a newspaper headline or a radio bulletin away.
Less gritty and suspenseful than many of its ilk, but with several possible outcomes still on the table as the final minutes beckon, 'Tomorrow' remains engaging throughout. The primary focus is upon its main characters' unenviable plight, coupled with their warmth and devotion to each other. Cochran's cynical insecure loner, occasionally spills into little boy lost territory. Having known only confinement for most of his life, he constantly struggles with romance, rehabilitation and finally redemption, when all he REALLY wants.....is a life of pie.
Cochran becomes further disaffected by life on the outside, when a seemingly benevolent journalist advises him of a job opportunity, only to splash his picture and case history across the front page of the next morning's local rag.
Seriously seeking love, Cochran hooks up with dance hall girl, Ruth Roman. The shooting of an antagonistic cop, leads the pair to an audacious escape in the back of the world's first driverless car, before they descend into train hopping, hitch-hiking hobos. It's not going very well.....until they finally find friendly farmers and steady work, but they constantly fear that the demons from the past are only a newspaper headline or a radio bulletin away.
Less gritty and suspenseful than many of its ilk, but with several possible outcomes still on the table as the final minutes beckon, 'Tomorrow' remains engaging throughout. The primary focus is upon its main characters' unenviable plight, coupled with their warmth and devotion to each other. Cochran's cynical insecure loner, occasionally spills into little boy lost territory. Having known only confinement for most of his life, he constantly struggles with romance, rehabilitation and finally redemption, when all he REALLY wants.....is a life of pie.