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Why Must I Die is a american film of genre Drama directed by Roy Del Ruth released in USA on 1 june 1960 with Terry Moore
Why Must I Die (1960)
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Add to a movie listWhy Must I Die? is a 1960 film directed by Roy Del Ruth, and starring Terry Moore and Debra Paget. It was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with The Jailbreakers.
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Lois King keeps her troubled past from nightclub owner Kenny Randall, who hires her to sing at his club, The Cockatoo, and has fallen in love with her.Actors
Terry Moore
(Lois King)
Debra Paget
(Dottie Manson)
Bert Freed
(Adler)
Sid Melton
(Morrie Waltzer)
Dorothy Lovett
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