I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

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1940-05-01

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.

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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.

Released

1940-05-01

Runtime

61

Director

Albert S. Rogell

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Comedy

Music

Language

English

Production

Universal Pictures

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    Broderick Crawford

    Broderick Crawford
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    Johnny Downs

    Johnny Downs
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    Peggy Moran

    Peggy Moran
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    Warren Hymer

    Warren Hymer
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    Jessie Ralph

    Jessie Ralph
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    Gertrude Michael

    Gertrude Michael
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    John Sutton

    John Sutton
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    Horace McMahon

    Horace McMahon
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    Dewey Robinson

    Dewey Robinson
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    Murray Alper

    Murray Alper
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    Sunshine Sammy Morrison

    Sunshine Sammy Morrison
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    Jeni Le Gon

    Jeni Le Gon
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    Virginia Sale

    Virginia Sale