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Don't Ever Leave Me

  • 1949
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
114
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Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
ComedyMusicalRomance

In a pleasant variation on "The Ransom of Red Chief," elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of ... Read allIn a pleasant variation on "The Ransom of Red Chief," elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up. Because she is b... Read allIn a pleasant variation on "The Ransom of Red Chief," elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up. Because she is bored and ignored by her egotistical father, she becomes the mastermind of the plot. Harry'... Read all

  • Director
    • Arthur Crabtree
  • Writers
    • Anthony Armstrong
    • Robert Westerby
  • Stars
    • Jimmy Hanley
    • Petula Clark
    • Linden Travers
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    114
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Arthur Crabtree
    • Writers
      • Anthony Armstrong
      • Robert Westerby
    • Stars
      • Jimmy Hanley
      • Petula Clark
      • Linden Travers
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Jimmy Hanley
    Jimmy Hanley
    • Jack Denton
    Petula Clark
    Petula Clark
    • Sheila Farlaine
    Linden Travers
    Linden Travers
    • Mary Lamont
    Hugh Sinclair
    Hugh Sinclair
    • Michael Farlaine
    Edward Rigby
    Edward Rigby
    • Harry Denton
    Anthony Newley
    Anthony Newley
    • Jimmy Knowles
    Barbara Murray
    Barbara Murray
    • Joan Robbins
    Brenda Bruce
    Brenda Bruce
    • Miss Smith
    Maurice Denham
    Maurice Denham
    • Mr. Knowles
    Frederick Piper
    • Max Marshall
    Sandra Dorne
    Sandra Dorne
    • Ruby Baines
    Russell Waters
    • Mr. Robbins
    Anthony Steel
    Anthony Steel
    • Harris
    Michael Balfour
    Michael Balfour
    • Jim Kennedy
    James Hayter
    James Hayter
    • Man with Summons
    Dandy Nichols
    Dandy Nichols
    • Mrs. Marshall
    Cyril Chamberlain
    • News Reporter
    Philip Stainton
    • Detective Inspector
    • Director
      • Arthur Crabtree
    • Writers
      • Anthony Armstrong
      • Robert Westerby
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    6richardchatten

    "Alright Dillinger, make the tea...!"

    A game cast pitch in with enthusiastic performances in this fast and furious spin on 'No Orchids for Miss Blandish' relocated to postwar London; this time breathlessly played as farce and rejigged as a vehicle for a 16 year-old (15 & three-quarters according to the script) Pet Clark - who a couple of times gets to sing!

    As good-looking as you would expect of a film directed by a former cameraman. It briefly features the original Miss Blandish and one of her abductors - Linden Travers & Michael Balfour - from the previous year's version; which was probably funnier.
    6boblipton

    Yes, But You Won't Go

    Edward Rigby gets out of prison and goes to stay with his arrow-straight grandson, Jimmy Hanley. While chatting with the other crooks at his local, he finds they think he's past it. Loath to admit it, he decides to kidnap Petula Clark, the daughter of actor Hugh Sinclair, then halfway through realizes he's not up to it. Miss Clark, however, thinks it a grand idea and blackmails Rigby and Hanley with jail unless they go through with it, Then neighboring child Antony Newley decides to get in on the act.

    It's a wacky variation of "The Random of Red Chief" as ordinary citizens find that they can't deal with horrid children and publicity-mad actors. It could have used some tighter editing, with some sequences going on too long, but there are plenty of situations and lines to giggle at all the way through. With Linden Travers and Maurice Denham.
    4malcolmgsw

    Poorly Developed Idea

    The basic idea of the plot has much promise but unfortunately it is poorly served by an unfunny script.Too see a film where the basic premise of a kidnapper becoming the leader of the plot you should watch "Too Many Crooks" with a truly outstanding cast.The cast is quite reasonable including Jimmy Hanley and Edward Rigby and Linden Travers and of course the young Petuala Clark and Anthony Newley, but even they cannot get much humour out of a pretty laboured script.This film came towards the end of Sydney Box's regime at Rank and it shows that it had more or less run out of steam.So all in all rather a misfire,and I would recommend watching the later film
    6musical-2

    Early outing for Petula Clark & Anthony Newley.

    An old lag is released from prison and stays with his grandson, returning to his criminal ways by kidnapping the daughter of a theatre actor. Bored with home life she welcomes the adventure and blackmails the lag and his grandson into continuing the plan. Tony Newley's character of a juvenile delinquent entering the plan is a delight. Good support from Anthony Steel and Jimmy Hanley. (Look out to for Dora Bryan who was uncredited!) Dated but enjoyable light musical comedy! Adapted from the play "The Wide Boy" by Tony Armstrong. Paul Goodhead - Anthony Newley Appreciation Society President.

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    • Trivia
      Last film of Linden Travers.
    • Connections
      Spoofs No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
    • Soundtracks
      Don't Ever Leave Me
      Written by Jack Fishman and Peter Hart

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    • Release date
      • January 1, 1950 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Den uheldige kidnapper
    • Filming locations
      • Gainsborough Studios, London, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Triton Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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