Movie
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940 · 61 min
A breezy, silly musical comedy where gangsters and songwriters collide in a harmless, cheerful romp.
- Directed by
- Albert S. Rogell
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Starring
- Broderick Crawford, Johnny Downs, Peggy Moran
- Tagline
- MELODEARS and MUSICAL MOBSTERS... in the fun frolic of the season!
- 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.
- How it feels
- Whimsical, light, campy and romantic. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Love, music, crime, obsession
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Albert S. Rogell
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Starring
- Broderick Crawford, Johnny Downs, Peggy Moran
