The read
It runs a compact 1h 1m.
Synopsis
In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to write a love ballad. It is Crawford's hope that the song will reach out and touch his long-lost childhood sweetheart. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby was based on James Edward Grant's short story Trouble in B Flat; echoes of the basic premise later resurfaced in the 1957 "A" picture The Girl Can't Help It.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Albert S. RogellDirector
- Arthur T. HormanScreenplay
Cast
- Broderick CrawfordMichael G. 'Sonny' McGann
- Johnny DownsRobert Lee 'Bob' Gunther
- Peggy MoranLinda Carroll
- Warren HymerBig Foot Louie
- Jessie RalphMama McGann
- Gertrude MichaelMagda Delys
- John SuttonBoston
- Horace McMahonBugs
- Dewey RobinsonRoundhouse
- Murray AlperNails
- Sunshine Sammy MorrisonJoe
- Jeni Le GonAnnie
Stills
Themes
musicalhit paradepublic enemy