If the film is undoubtedly Sirk’s giddiest trash entertainment, it’s also the shallowest example of his less-heralded humanist acuity.
Neither a Doris Day musical nor a ferocious James Cagney gangster film, Love Me or Leave Me is a fascinating hybrid.
Love Me or Leave Me is painted in broad strokes, sometimes too obvious, but the actors lend a rich subtext.