Directed by:
Albert S. RogellScreenplay:
Leonard SpigelgassCinematography:
Elwood BredellComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Virginia Bruce, Broderick Crawford, Dick Foran, Porter Hall, Richard Lane, Shemp Howard, Fuzzy Knight, Grant Withers, Russell Hicks, Tom Kennedy (more)Plots(1)
Damon Runyon's short story Butch Minds the Baby is about a certain Broadway citizen by the name of Butch, who is known far and wide to be involved more than somewhat in business of a dishonest nature. Butch is the lookout for a gang of safecrackers, one of whom is forced to bring his squalling baby son along with him on the job; Butch is obliged to mind the baby while the safe is being knocked over. In the film version of Butch Minds the Baby, Aloysius "Butch" Grogan (Broderick Crawford) is motivated to pursue a life of crime in order to provide the lovely widow O'Neill (Virginia Bruce) with the funds to support herself and little son. The end result is the same: Butch acts as baby-sitter while the rest of the crooks appropriate vast quantities of other people's money. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Virginia Bruce](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281050_40a100.jpg)
Virginia Bruce
USA
Best movies:
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Love Parade (1929)
![Broderick Crawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269236_d3ee3b.jpg)
Broderick Crawford
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
![Dick Foran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505280_0afde3.jpg)
Dick Foran
USA
Best movies:
The Petrified Forest (1936)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Black Legion (1937)
![Porter Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893463_1ddb08.jpg)
Porter Hall
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Richard Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194076_fa222d.jpg)
Richard Lane
USA
Best movies:
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Carefree (1938)
![Shemp Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/535/159535895_7dfda9.gif)
Shemp Howard
USA
Best movies:
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Another Thin Man (1939)
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
![Fuzzy Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319187_e32f89.jpg)
Fuzzy Knight
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
The Plainsman (1936)
![Grant Withers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426733_3905a5.jpg)
Grant Withers
USA
Best movies:
Tycoon (1947)
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
![Russell Hicks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000093_e450a1.jpg)
Russell Hicks
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
![Tom Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162538_adf582.jpg)
Tom Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Monkey Business (1931)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
![Gino Corrado](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471074_8c3e28.jpg)
Gino Corrado
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunrise (1927)
Fury (1936)
![Paul McVey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570860_705cc4.jpg)
Paul McVey
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Cliff Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/892/159892122_dee53e.gif)
Cliff Clark
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
![Tim Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935032_4efdf3.jpg)
Tim Ryan
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
The Stratton Story (1949)
George Magrill
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Wade Boteler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/989/159989131_188ce6.jpg)
Wade Boteler
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Jack Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
![Eddie Kane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/883/160883327_9faa18.jpg)
Eddie Kane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)