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Director:
Charles Vidor
Writers:
Daniel Fuchs (screenplay) and
Isobel Lennart (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
10 June 1955 (USA) more
Tagline:
You'll Love it!...The Big Lavish Musical of the Roaring Twenties! more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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User Comments:
James Cagney gave a brilliant performance: gritty and tough with nuances of pathos more
US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 174:45 PMTCM   

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Doris Day ... Ruth Etting

James Cagney ... Martin Snyder
Cameron Mitchell ... Johnny Alderman
Robert Keith ... Bernard V. Loomis
Tom Tully ... Frobisher
Harry Bellaver ... Georgie
Richard Gaines ... Paul Hunter
Peter Leeds ... Fred Taylor
Claude Stroud ... Eddie Fulton
Audrey Young ... Jingle Girl
John Harding ... Greg Trent
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Additional Details

Runtime:
122 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System) (35 mm magnetic prints)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #17433) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | UK:PG | Germany:6

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Of the sixty-two films he made, James Cagney wrote that he rated this among his top five. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: During one scene late in the film where Cagney is speaking, the audio/visuals are off by more than a second. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Mean to Me more

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James Cagney gave a brilliant performance: gritty and tough with nuances of pathos, 3 May 2005
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Author: Sharclon8 from United States

I am NOT a fan of Doris Day - there is just something about her that annoys me. But in this movie she acted very different from the usual Doris Day movie. And the way she sang those ballads breaks your heart. But the acting job that truly amazes - and has through the years made me a fan - is that of James Cagney. One wonders if he had a parent that was abusive or an Uncle or someone he had intimately observed. Because from somewhere that man understood something about an abusive relationship and put it in his performance. It was positively beyond extraordinary. He deserved an Academy Nomination at the very least. While he was cruel, vile, despicable, certainly repulsive and yet you felt at the same time he was pitiful, sad, pathetic. It was an extremely complex performance. When I saw "Love Me Or Leave Me" as a teenager I didn't appreciate the subtlety of his acting. It wasn't until I saw it many, many years later and had gone through a lot of living that I comprehended the true magnitude of his performance.

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