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{{short description|1949 film}}
{{for|the Jermaine Stewart song|Don't Ever Leave Me (song)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Don't Ever Leave Me
| image = DontEverLeaveMe1.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Original poster
| director = [[Arthur Crabtree]]
| producer = [[Betty Box]]
| writer = [[Anthony Armstrong (writer)|Anthony Armstrong]]
| starring = [[Petula Clark]]<br>[[Jimmy Hanley]]<br>[[Hugh Sinclair (actor)|Hugh Sinclair]]
| music = [[Lambert Williamson]]
| cinematography = [[Stephen Dade]]
| editing = A. Charles Knott
| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]]
| released = 19 July 1949
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| gross =
| language = English
}}
'''''Don't Ever Leave Me''''' is a 1949 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Arthur Crabtree]] and starring [[Petula Clark]], [[Jimmy Hanley]], [[Hugh Sinclair (actor)|Hugh Sinclair]], [[Edward Rigby]], and [[Anthony Newley]]. Produced by [[Betty Box]] during her stint at [[Gainsborough Pictures]], it was written by [[Robert Westerby]].

==Plot==
The plot, a variation on ''[[The Ransom of Red Chief]]'', revolves around Sheila Farlaine (Clark), the teenaged daughter of [[Shakespearean]] [[tragedian]] Michael Farlaine (Sinclair), who is kidnapped by elderly crook Harry Denton (Rigby) when it's suggested he no longer has what it takes to be a master criminal.

When Harry starts having second thoughts about the caper, Sheila - tired of playing second fiddle to her [[egotism|egotistical]] father's career - becomes the mastermind of the plot and resists every effort made by Harry's grandson Jack (Hanley) to return her home before things get serious. However, in this strange scenario Sheila wants to be kidnapped, as it gives her the opportunity to act grown up and she thinks her father will at last take some interest. He meanwhile embraces the role of worried parent for whom "the show must go on" and thrives on the newspaper publicity. Sheila begins to take a romantic interest in Jack, and despite her only being 15 (and three-quarters), she blackmails him into taking her out to clubs and casinos, wining, dining and dancing. Jack's girlfriend is less than happy when she discovers this.

Then Sheila's friend Jimmy (Newley) decides that he too wants to be "kidnapped" and becomes a general nuisance to one and all.

==Production==
Taking advantage of Clark's vocal abilities, screenwriter Westerby included two scenes in which she sang the tune "It's Not for the Want of Trying" by songwriters Jack Fishman and Peter Hart. The film, Clark's twelfth, allowed her to play a more mature role than in previous outings, and was both a critical and commercial success.

Anthony Steel has one of his earliest screen appearances.<ref name="vagg">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg| author-link = Stephen Vagg |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-emasculation-of-anthony-steel-a-cold-streak-saga/|title=The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga
|date=September 23, 2020}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Jimmy Hanley]] as Jack Denton
* [[Petula Clark]] as Sheila Farlaine
* [[Linden Travers]] as Mary Lamont
* [[Hugh Sinclair (actor)|Hugh Sinclair]] as Michael Farlaine
* [[Edward Rigby]] as Harry Denton
* [[Anthony Newley]] as Jimmy Knowles
* [[Barbara Murray]] as Joan Robbins
* [[Brenda Bruce]] as Miss Smith
* [[Maurice Denham]] as Mr. Knowles
* [[Frederick Piper]] as Max Marshall
* [[Sandra Dorne]] as Ruby Baines
* [[Russell Waters]] as Mr. Robbins
* [[Anthony Steel (actor)|Anthony Steel]] as Harris
* [[Michael Balfour (actor)|Michael Balfour]] as Jim Kennedy
* [[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]] as Man with Summons
* [[Dandy Nichols]] as Mrs. Marshall
* [[Cyril Chamberlain]] as News Reporter
* [[Philip Stainton]] as Detective Inspector
* [[John Salew]] as Farlaine's Manager
* [[Barbara Leake]] as Mrs. Brand
* [[Arthur Hambling]] as Policeman at Jack's Flat
* [[Martin Miller (actor)|Martin Miller]] as Leon Stoltz
* [[Ben Williams (actor)|Ben Williams]] as Superintendent in Cells

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0041305}}

{{Arthur Crabtree}}

[[Category:1949 films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:1949 comedy films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films directed by Arthur Crabtree]]
[[Category:Gainsborough Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Betty Box]]
[[Category:Films about child abduction]]
[[Category:1940s British films]]

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