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  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
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    61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
Approved
61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

When Public Enemy No. 3 Sonny McGann meets composer Bob Gunther, he gets the idea of having Bob write music to a poem he has written about his long-lost sweetheart Sadie McGlonsky. Somewhere between kidnapping and gentle persuasion, Sonny ...See moreWhen Public Enemy No. 3 Sonny McGann meets composer Bob Gunther, he gets the idea of having Bob write music to a poem he has written about his long-lost sweetheart Sadie McGlonsky. Somewhere between kidnapping and gentle persuasion, Sonny takes Bob and his girlfriend Linda Carroll to his penthouse hideout and orders Bob to write the music. After completion, Sonny and his mob use some strong-arm persuasion to get it on "The Hit Parade." Bob tries to trick Sonny saying he can't write any more music because of his unrequited love for music comedy star Magda Delys. Sonny's solution is to have his men bring Magda and a minister with a marriage license to the penthouse. Bob is forced to begin the ceremony but Public Enemy No. 2, Big Foot Louie, barges in and reveals that his own hobby is writing music. And Sonny recognizes Magda as his long-lost love Sadie McGlonsky. He and Big Foot decide to quit the rackets and surrender to the District Attorney so they can collaborate on writing hit songs "in the pen." Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
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James Edward Grant (story "Trouble in B-flat") | Arthur T. Horman (screenplay) | Paul Gerard Smith (adaptation)
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Updated May 31, 1940

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May 1940 (United States)

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38 cast members
Name Known for
Broderick Crawford
Michael G. 'Sonny' McGann Michael G. 'Sonny' McGann   See fewer
Jessie Ralph
Mama McGann Mama McGann   See fewer
Johnny Downs
Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther   See fewer
Peggy Moran
Linda Carroll Linda Carroll   See fewer
Gertrude Michael
Magda Delys Magda Delys   See fewer
Warren Hymer
Big Foot Louie Big Foot Louie   See fewer
John Sutton
Boston Boston   See fewer
Dewey Robinson
Roundhouse Roundhouse   See fewer
Ernest Morrison
Joe (as Sunshine Sammy) Joe (as Sunshine Sammy)   See fewer
Ralph Brooks
Orchestra Leader (uncredited) Orchestra Leader (uncredited)   See fewer
Romaine Callender
O'Toole (uncredited) O'Toole (uncredited)   See fewer
Hobart Cavanaugh
Justice of the Peace (uncredited) Justice of the Peace (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddy Chandler
Hogan (uncredited) Hogan (uncredited)   See fewer
Heinie Conklin
Beanery Proprietor (uncredited) Beanery Proprietor (uncredited)   See fewer
Sayre Dearing
Henchman (uncredited) Henchman (uncredited)   See fewer
Ralph Dunn
Policeman Joe (uncredited) Policeman Joe (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Gardner
Taxi Driver (uncredited) Taxi Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Edward Gargan
Policeman at Robbery (uncredited) Policeman at Robbery (uncredited)   See fewer
William Garner
Gangster (uncredited) Gangster (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Emmett Keane
Gifford (uncredited) Gifford (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Lane
Gannon (uncredited) Gannon (uncredited)   See fewer
George Magrill
Henchman (uncredited) Henchman (uncredited)   See fewer
James C. Morton
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
David Oliver
Taxi Driver (uncredited) Taxi Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Sally Payne
First Operator (uncredited) First Operator (uncredited)   See fewer
Ralph Peters
Henchman (uncredited) Henchman (uncredited)   See fewer
Joey Ray
Salesman (uncredited) Salesman (uncredited)   See fewer
Ruth Rickaby
Customer (uncredited) Customer (uncredited)   See fewer
Ronald R. Rondell
Radio Announcer (uncredited) Radio Announcer (uncredited)   See fewer
Virginia Sale
Landlady (uncredited) Landlady (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred Santley
Detective (uncredited) Detective (uncredited)   See fewer
Grace Stafford
Second Operator (uncredited) Second Operator (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Sully
Henchman Wilky (uncredited) Henchman Wilky (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Weigel
Piano Tuner (uncredited) Piano Tuner (uncredited)   See fewer
Pat West
Sound Effects Man (uncredited) Sound Effects Man (uncredited)   See fewer
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