
Love Me or Leave Me(1955)
A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.


“Put down your trumpet, jazzman. I'm in the mood for love!”
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.

Kirk Douglas
Rick Martin

Lauren Bacall
Amy North

Doris Day
Jo Jordan

Hoagy Carmichael
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby

Juano Hernández
Art Hazzard

Jerome Cowan
Phil Morrison

Mary Beth Hughes
Marge Martin

Nestor Paiva
Louis Galba

Orley Lindgren
Young Rick

Walter Reed
Jack Chandler
Young Man with a Horn is a drama, music, romance film released in 1950 exploring themes of based on novel or book, jazz, musician, jazz singer or musician, musical, jazz club. Directed by Michael Curtiz, it stars Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day. Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.
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