Comedy ·Music · United States of America · 1940 · 1h 1m

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Director

Cast

Broderick Crawford as Michael G. 'Sonny' McGann Johnny Downs as Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther Peggy Moran as Linda Carroll Warren Hymer as Big Foot Louie Jessie Ralph as Mama McGann Gertrude Michael as Magda Delys

Crew

Arthur T. Horman — Screenplay James Edward Grant — Story

Tagline

MELODEARS and MUSICAL MOBSTERS... in the fun frolic of the season!

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Albert S. Rogell Director Arthur T. Horman Screenplay James Edward Grant Story

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