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I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)

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.

  • Comedy
  • Music

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Broderick CrawfordBroderick CrawfordMichael G. 'Sonny' McGann
  • Photo of Johnny DownsJohnny DownsRobert Lee 'Bob' Gunther
  • Photo of Peggy MoranPeggy MoranLinda Carroll
  • Photo of Warren HymerWarren HymerBig Foot Louie
  • Photo of Jessie RalphJessie RalphMama McGann
  • Photo of Gertrude MichaelGertrude MichaelMagda Delys
  • Photo of John SuttonJohn SuttonBoston
  • Photo of Horace McMahonHorace McMahonBugs
  • Photo of Dewey RobinsonDewey RobinsonRoundhouse
  • Photo of Murray AlperMurray AlperNails

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