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Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me

You'll Love it!...The Big Lavish Musical of the Roaring Twenties!

19556.82h 2m

Overview

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.

Directed by Charles Vidor
Written by Isobel Lennart, Daniel Fuchs
Produced by Joe Pasternak
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Top Cast

Doris Day

Doris Day

Ruth Etting

James Cagney

James Cagney

Martin Snyder

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

Johnny Alderman

Robert Keith

Robert Keith

Bernard V. Loomis

Tom Tully

Tom Tully

Frobisher

Harry Bellaver

Harry Bellaver

Georgie

Richard Gaines

Richard Gaines

Paul Hunter

Peter Leeds

Peter Leeds

Fred Taylor

Claude Stroud

Claude Stroud

Eddie Fulton

Audrey Young

Audrey Young

Jingle Girl

Themes & Keywords

jazz singer or musicianmusicalbiographysingersinging

About Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me is a music, drama, romance film released in 1955 exploring themes of jazz singer or musician, musical, biography, singer, singing. Directed by Charles Vidor, it stars Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell. 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.

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