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 |
| Starring |
Dorothy McGuire Stephen McNally |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | John L. Russell |
| Edited by | Fred Allen |
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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 film noir thriller film directed by William A. Seiter starring Dorothy McGuire and Stephen McNally.
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.
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."
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