I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Albert S. Rogell
1940-05-01

MELODEARS and MUSICAL MOBSTERS... in the fun frolic of the season!
6
61 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Broderick Crawford Michael G. 'Sonny' McGann Unowned
Johnny Downs Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther Unowned
Peggy Moran Linda Carroll Unowned
Warren Hymer Big Foot Louie Unowned
Jessie Ralph Mama McGann Unowned
Gertrude Michael Magda Delys Unowned
John Sutton Boston Unowned
Horace McMahon Bugs Unowned
Dewey Robinson Roundhouse Unowned
Murray Alper Nails Unowned
Sunshine Sammy Morrison Joe Unowned
Jeni Le Gon Annie Unowned
Virginia Sale Landlady (uncredited) Unowned