A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

SPOILERS AHEAD!! Honestly, I could not determine whether a certain blond/blonde, floppy-haired person was male or female! My opinion during the opening minutes of this strange film kept going back and forth. Very odd. Of course, it was 1972. A hideous screeching, high-pitched yell also disturbed me during the early minutes, apparently a road accident with a sporty car, but we see only a tantalising fleeting glimpse. Then there was the overhead scene, looking down on two naked bodies engaged in sex, with the camera quickly zooming in fairly slowly on his backside as he went about his business. Many, many other attempts to be arty and edgy, just about all of them silly and amateurish, quick scenes, lil snippits, angles, bits of music, sound effects, can't determine what is going on.So what WAS going on? The strikingly-unusual-looking Rita Tushingham was leaving home... worried mom sees her off as she departs lovely Liverpool for luscious London. Rita drops a bag of something, picks up the bits, the bag is knocked again by someone, spilling contents. Wow! This is some kinda deep-meaning flick, shades of 2001 and Marienbad. Or is it just 01 and BAD? Btw, Rita's looks I find very attractive, though distracting because I spend a lot of time looking at and analysing her face, including that mole by her mouth (her mother's mole is bigger and on her cheek, incidentally). And Rita's prominent nose, those big, wide, staring, penetrating eyes, those remarkable gnashers, all demand attention and take you away from the story, the plot, if there is one: there IS, isn't there? Yes, I think so, 'coz she's meeting lotsa fascinating folk. Back to the male/female character, with a clock ticking loudly and oddball echoing voices, now we see Rita writing, then looking at a burning oil painting. Huh? What the hell is going on? The IMDb rating is 6.1, so this MUST be a good movie. What am I missing? Oh! We're back to the naked couple, gal gasping. Now we're at party with raucous nasty music. Yeah, what IS going on??? Things are heating up? No, doesn't look promising. Rita's looking for a feller and a drink, breaks a cork off in the neck of a wine bottle. Gosh! This cinematic experience is moving into high gear. Love 1972. Attractive but ascerbic blonde girl tells John Lennon lookalike guy to piss off. Rita has trouble getting fags from a cig machine down the road. There must be some kind of deep meaning here, just can't figure it out, sorry. Rita, with Rothman cancer sticks, goes back to apartment, starts crying at what she discovers. Mournful song dribbles on......... THIS is a real motion picture? WHY? What does it all mean? Why am I bothering to waste any more time on it? Do I really care whether the blond/blonde is a guy or a gal? It's a guy, btw, with light makeup, very heavy darkened eyebrows. I suspect he's a baddie."Paul Andrews", an IMDb member since September 2001, a "Top Reviewer" who has reviewed more than 2,500 films, gives this movie "Straight On Till Morning" 1/10. Yes, he certainly is a top reviewe in my book, for sure. He refers to this stinker as "Hammer's worst"Well, I cannot recommend this moo-vee either, but I give it 2/10 because of Rita Tushingham and the blond/blonde. Maybe you'll like it if you enjoy oddities and have nothing else to do. Me? I'm going to fire off a few emails to my correspondents, choose my clothes for tomorrow, place a few bids online, make a cappuccino, then go to bed. Good Night, Rita. Hope you have fun with your friends and your maybe baby and your cigarettes and... whatever ! Oh HELL ! Someone's been attacked with what looks like a box cutter blade. This is a violent one; it's Hammer's worst. Good Night.

Many people cite "To The Devil, A Daughter" as being Hammer's attempt at modernising, but this title does a pretty good job of it, too. While watching it I was struck by the similarities with other kitchen sink dramas (most of which would have been made 5 years before this). Star Rita Tushingham was in a couple of those earlier films herself. Aspects of "Billy Liar", "Peeping Tom" and "Poor Cow" meld into this bleak, nihilistic morality tale for the early 70s.Tushinghams character (she uses three different names throughout the movie) leaves humdrum Liverpool to find a father for her baby. Falling in with a trendy boutique crowd in London, she ends up moving in (very quickly) with a shady stranger. It turns out he hates beautiful things, and this is why he likes Rita (and he kills his own dog when Rita adds a pretty bow).The movie is fast paced and low on gore (but has a lots of disturbing scenes of psychological intensity). It is very unlike the other, more famous Hammer films - it's set in modern times and plays on modern sensibilities; it does away with mythos and superstition and has a very real and very human "bad guy"; the villain in question will get away with it because of his looks and charm and - oh, yeah, this is definitely not a film with a happy ending . . .

I say it is one of the most memorable Hammer films for me because I remember watching this film as a child. However, I didn't know its title, the actors/actresses names nor remember that it was a Hammer film, only that it was a rather tragic tale of a plain girl seeking a partner.After a week or so searching via a movie guide book I stumbled upon the title and acquired the movie to watch it all over again.It is an early 1970s film and not one that I would associate with Hammer, but is very good. I think of it as a tragic tale really. The serial killer, Peter (Shane Briant) is obviously a deeply troubled individual bothered by things of beauty which he feels he must kill. The "Plain Jane" tells her mother she is pregnant and goes off to London to search for the man who can make her pregnant, she finds him in Peter unfortunately for her. She's infatuated with him and both live in a fantasy world.She kidnaps his dog in order to get to know him. In its time this film was quite different from all the other films I've seen and I suppose it still is. Shane Briant is a very good looking actor, extremely blonde and it is easy to see why "Wendy" would become besotted with him.The ending is very sad and the tape recordings disturbing. The ending was probably a necessity to the film but nevertheless had Peter not decided to play the tape to her the ending wouldn't have had to be the way it turned out.In short I found the film remains one of my most memorable childhood memories, but isn't in the usual Hammer Horror league. It's difference is what makes it unique.

Fans of bleak, late 60s/early 70s British cinema might enjoy this sadistic psycho-thriller -- probably the most atypical release from Hammer ever. Rita Tushingham stars as an empty-headed Liverpudlian who escapes from the claustrophobia of her mother's flat only to land in the arms of psychotic Shane Briant who has an ugliness fixation. The DVD release from Anchor Bay looks great although the mono sound is a bit muddled. Downbeat ending doesn't really deliver the goods and I can't tell if Rita's makeover is supposed to be deliberately funny or not. Opening 10 minutes are great but director Collinson abandons the film's earlier, psychedelic editing style once Tushingham and Briant hook up. Still worth catching for the 70s period costumes and sets.