I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940 "MELODEARS and MUSICAL MOBSTERS... in the fun frolic of the season!"

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

6.7 | 1h1m | NR | en | Comedy

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.

6.7 | 1h1m | NR | en | Comedy , Music

Synopsis

Cast

Broderick Crawford , Johnny Downs , Peggy Moran

Director

Albert S. Rogell

Producted By

Universal Pictures ,

Cast

Broderick Crawford

as Michael G. 'Sonny' McGann

[1984] Harlequin [1979] A Little Romance [1977] Mayday at 40,000 Feet [1976] Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby [1974] The Phantom of Hollywood [1974] The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go [1973] Terror in the Wax Museum [1972] How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? [1972] The Adventures of Nick Carter

Johnny Downs

as Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther

[1953] Column South [1943] Campus Rhythm [1943] Adventures of the Flying Cadets [1942] The Mad Monster [1941] Sing Another Chorus [1941] Adam Had Four Sons [1941] Redhead [1940] Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot [1940] I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Peggy Moran

as Linda Carroll

[1943] King of the Cowboys [1942] Seven Sweethearts [1942] Treat 'Em Rough [1942] Drums of the Congo [1941] Horror Island [1940] Spring Parade [1940] Trail of the Vigilantes [1940] Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! [1940] I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby