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...
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Title: Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
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| Jimmy Hanley | ... | Jack Denton | |
| Petula Clark | ... | Sheila Farlaine | |
| Linden Travers | ... | Mary Lamont | |
| Hugh Sinclair | ... | Michael Farlaine | |
| Edward Rigby | ... | Harry Denton | |
| Anthony Newley | ... | Jimmy Knowles | |
| Barbara Murray | ... | Joan Robbins | |
| Brenda Bruce | ... | Miss Smith | |
| Maurice Denham | ... | Mr. Knowles | |
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Frederick Piper | ... | Max Marshall |
| Sandra Dorne | ... | Ruby Baines | |
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Russell Waters | ... | Mr. Robbins |
| Anthony Steel | ... | Harris | |
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Michael Balfour | ... | Jim Kennedy |
| James Hayter | ... | Man with Summons | |
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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 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's grandson Jack, who feels responsible for the old man and the girl, is shocked, and tries to return Sheila, but is thwarted by her determined fantasizing. Written by Mike Rogers <MICHAELPEM@aol.com>
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1 January 1950 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
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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