I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 1, 1940

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Universal Pictures

Cast

Jessie Ralph,Broderick Crawford,Virginia Sale,Dewey Robinson,Peggy Moran,John Sutton,Horace McMahon,Murray Alper,Sunshine Sammy Morrison,Gertrude Michaeland 3 more

Director

Albert S. Rogell

Writer

Paul Gerard Smith,Arthur T. Horman,James Edward Grant

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0032616