Kill or Cure (1962 film)
| Kill or Cure | |
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| Directed by | George Pollock |
| Screenplay by | David Pursall Jack Seddon |
| Story by | David Pursall Jack Seddon |
| Produced by | George H. Brown |
| Starring | Terry-Thomas Eric Sykes |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Bert Rule |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | George H. Brown Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios |
| Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
Release dates |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Kill or Cure is a 1962 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Terry-Thomas and Eric Sykes.[1][2]
Plot
Mr Barber Rynde comes to a country hotel to assist a wealthy widow. He endures a nature cure diet and exercises under Rumbelow. When the widow is poisoned, Barber Rynde and Rumbelow join forces to win a reward offered by the hotel manager Crossley. Crossley is next murdered but this leads to the original criminal. The reward however has been inherited by the widow's Pekinese.
Cast
- Terry-Thomas as Capt. J. (Jeroboam) Barker-Rynde PI
- Eric Sykes as Rumbelow
- Dennis Price as Dr. Julian Crossley
- Lionel Jeffries as Det. Insp. Hook
- Moira Redmond as Francis Roitman, Clifford's Secretary
- Katya Douglas as Rita - Green Glades Nurse
- David Lodge as Richards - Male Nurse
- Ronnie Barker as Burton - Hook's Assistant
- Hazel Terry as Mrs. Rachel Crossley
- Derren Nesbitt as Roger Forrester (as Derrin Nesbitt)
- Harry Locke as Riggins
- Arthur Howard as Johnson - Green Glades Desk Clerk
- Tristram Jellinek as Asst. Clerk
- Peter Butterworth as Green Glades Barman
- Patricia Hayes as Lily the Waitress
- Anna Russell as Mrs. Margaret Clifford
- Mandy as Horatio
- Sidney Vivian as Fred - Barber-Rynde's Assistant (as Sidney Vyvyan)
- Julian Orchard as P.C. Lofthouse
Reception
According to MGM records the film made a profit of $89,000.[3]
See also
References
- ^ " I had come across the American slang term "kill-or-cure" for "Keeley cure..." Elliott C. Lasser, M.D., in Gallbladder Mucosa in Cholecystography (JAMA, 1965;193(6):427-431. doi:10.1001/jama.1965.03090060017003).
- ^ "Jim Townsend calls the Keeley cure the 'kill or cure.'" The Weekly Gazette And Stockman, Reno, Nevada. Thursday, July 6, 1893.
- ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
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