The Good Die Young (1954)

Film Diary - 2012 (391 movies items)

"Directors: Lewis Gilbert Date watched: 12th October 2012 00.30pm Watched before?: No, first watch. Thoughts: I really enjoyed this multi-layered drama/thriller. Based on a novel and it had that kind of textural feel. "

Films I've Seen In 2011 - Best To Worst (75 movies items)

" A quality, London-set little thriller, a mix of film noir and kitchen sink realism. It's a bitter tale of four desperate men, brought together by chance and the same predicament - the need of money. And fast. Those men are : Richard Basehart - A New Yorker who can't afford to get his wife (a seemingly impossibly young-looking Joan Collins) back to the States away from her doting mother, in order to start a new life . Stanley Baker - A champion boxer who has lost his hearing in one ear, his"

“A quality, London-set little thriller, a mix of film noir and kitchen sink realism. It's a bitter tale of four desperate men, brought together by chance and the same predicament - the need of money. And fast. Those men are :

Richard Basehart - A New Yorker who can't afford to get his wife (a seemingly impossibly young-looking Joan Collins) back to the States away from her doting mother, in order to start a new life .

Stanley Baker - A champion boxer who has lost his hearing in one ear, his sight in one eye and his hand to amputation in order to win enough prize money so he can set up his own business away from the ring. Now he's lost his winnings too so his wife can bail out her convicted brother.

John Ireland - A U.S serviceman whose marriage to his adulte” read more

Morrissey's influences (120 movies items)

"It has been speculated that because this movie features a boxer character who has an attendant called Bunny, there might be a connection with Morrissey's "Now My Heart Is Full", a song featuring the words "...Bunny I loved you" and written at a time when Morrissey was infatuated with boxing. "