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Kill or Cure (1962 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Kill or Cure' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Terry-Thomas and Eric Sykes." I had come across the American slang term "kill-or-cure" for "Keeley cure..." Elliott C. Lasser, M.D., in [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/656213 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.
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..
See also
* List of British films of 1962
References
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