Kill or Cure (1962 film)

Kill or Cure
Kill or Cure
Directed by	George Pollock
Written by	David Pursall; Jack Seddon
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Release dates	September 1962 (United Kingdom); November 12, 1962 (New York City);
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Kill or Cure is a 1962 British comedy film, in which an inept private investigator is called to look into the strange goings-on at a health club. It was filmed mainly at Aldenham House in Elstree, Hertfordshire in the summer of 1961. The house was used for many of the inside shots together with the surrounding parkland for the holiday chalets. Filming was still taking place in September 1961 as the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School moved into a new school built on the rest of the site, relocating from Hampstead. The house became the administrative centre for the school with the school reception being where the hotel reception is in the film.

The term "kill or cure" is a takeoff on "Keeley cure", a system of treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts featuring restful, homelike environments, various tonics and injections reportedly of dubious benefit, and exercise.^[1]^[2]

Cast[]

Terry-Thomas — J. (Jerry) Barker-Rynde, PI
Eric Sykes — Rumbelow
Dennis Price — Dr. Julian Crossley
Lionel Jeffries — Det. Insp. Hook
Moira Redmond — Francis Roitman, Clifford's Secretary
Katya Douglas — Rita, Green Glades Nurse
David Lodge — Richards, Nurse
Ronnie Barker — Burton, Hook's Assistant
Hazel Terry — Mrs. Rachel Crossley
Derren Nesbitt — Roger Forrester
Harry Locke — Riggins
Arthur Howard — Green Glades Desk Clerk
Tristram Jellinek — Asst. Clerk
Peter Butterworth — Green Glades Barman
Patricia Hayes — Lily the Waitress
Julian Orchard — P.C. Lofthouse

Reception[]

According to MGM records the film made a profit of $89,000.^[3]

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.

External links[]

Kill or Cure at IMDb

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[1] " 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).

[2] "Jim Townsend calls the Keeley cure the 'kill or cure.'" The Weekly Gazette And Stockman, Reno, Nevada. Thursday, July 6, 1893.

[Mannix-3] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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