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)
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