Butch Minds the Baby (1942)
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Synopsis of Butch Minds the Baby
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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Butch Minds the Baby
- Virginia Bruce - Susie O'Neill
- Dick Foran - Dennis Devlin
- Richard Lane - Harry, the Horse
- Rosina Galli - Mrs. Talucci
- Grant Withers - Cactus Pete
- Joseph King - Police Lieutenant
- Broderick Crawford - Aloysius "Butch" Grogan
- Porter Hall - Brandy Smith
- Shemp Howard - Squinty Sweeney
- Fuzzy Knight - Wyoming Bill
- Russell Hicks - J. Wadsworth Carrington
- Director(s):
- Albert Rogell
- Writer(s):
- Leonard Spigelgass
- Producer(s):
- Jules Levy
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