Make Haste to Live

Make Haste to Live
Theatrical release poster
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
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	March 25, 1954 (1954-03-25) (United States)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Make Haste to Live is a 1954 film noir directed by William A. Seiter starring Dorothy McGuire and Stephen McNally.

Plot

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.

Cast

Dorothy McGuire as Crystal Benson
Stephen McNally as Steve
Mary Murphy as Randy Benson
Edgar Buchanan as Sheriff
John Howard as Josh
Ron Hagerthy as Hack
Pepe Hern as Rodolfo Gonzales
Eddy Waller as Spud Kelly
Carolyn Jones as Mary Rose

Reception

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."^[1]

References

↑ Crowther, Bosley (March 26, 1954). "Make Haste to Live (1954)". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2015.

External links

Make Haste to Live at the Internet Movie Database
Make Haste to Live at AllMovie
Make Haste to Live at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by William A. Seiter

Passing Through (1921)
Up and at 'Em (1922)
The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
Daddies (1924)
Listen Lester (1924)
The Family Secret (1924)
Helen's Babies (1924)
The Mad Whirl (1925)
Dangerous Innocence (1925)
The Teaser (1925)
Where Was I? (1925)
What Happened to Jones (1926)
Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
Rolling Home (1926)
The Cheerful Fraud (1927)
Waterfront (1928)
Outcast (1928)
Why Be Good? (1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
Footlights and Fools (1929)
The Love Racket (1929)
Strictly Modern (1930)
Back Pay (1930)
The Truth About Youth (1930)
Sunny (1930)
Going Wild (1930)
Kiss Me Again (1930)
Big Business Girl (1931)
Too Many Cooks (1931)
Caught Plastered (1931)
Way Back Home (1931)
Girl Crazy (1932)
Young Bride (1932)
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Hot Saturday (1932)
Hello, Everybody! (1933)
Rafter Romance (1933)
Chance at Heaven (1933)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Love Birds (1934)
We're Rich Again (1934)
The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
Roberta (1935)
The Daring Young Man (1935)
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
The Moon's Our Home (1936)
Dimples (1936)
Stowaway (1936)
This Is My Affair (1937)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
Room Service (1938)
Thanks for Everything (1938)
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
It's a Date (1940)
Hired Wife (1940)
Nice Girl? (1941)
Appointment for Love (1941)
Broadway (1942)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Destroyer (1943)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Little Giant (1946)
I'll Be Yours (1947)
Up in Central Park (1948)
One Touch of Venus (1948)
Borderline (1950)
Dear Brat (1951)
The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
Champ for a Day (1953)
Make Haste to Live (1954)

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