Kill or Cure (1962 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Kill or Cure
| image = File:Kill or Cure - UK cinema poster.jpg
| director = [[George Pollock (director)|George Pollock]]
| producer = [[George H. Brown (producer)|George H. Brown]]
| screenplay = David Pursall<br>Jack Seddon
| story = David Pursall<br>Jack Seddon
| starring = [[Terry-Thomas]]<br>[[Eric Sykes]]
| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]
| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Faithfull]]
| editing = Bert Rule
| color_process = [[Black and white]]
| studio = George H. Brown Productions<br>[[MGM-British Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios]]
| distributor = [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]]
| released = {{film date|df=y|1962|9||UK}}{{film date|1962|11|12|NYC}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}

'''''Kill or Cure''''' is a 1962 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[George Pollock (director)|George Pollock]] and starring [[Terry-Thomas]] and [[Eric Sykes]].<ref>" 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).</ref><ref>"Jim Townsend calls the Keeley cure the 'kill or cure.'" ''The Weekly Gazette And Stockman'', Reno, Nevada. Thursday, July 6, 1893.</ref>

==Plot==
Mr Barker 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, Barker 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 (actor)|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.<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of British films of 1962]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0056139|title=Kill or Cure}}
* {{BFI film|4ce2b6ae12acb|title=Kill or Cure}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=1681|title=Kill or Cure}}

{{George Pollock}}

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[[Category:1962 comedy films]]
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[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ron Goodwin]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]

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