Butch Minds the Baby is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Leonard Spigelgass, based on the short story of the same name by Damon Runyon. The film stars Virginia Bruce, Broderick Crawford, Dick Foran, Porter Hall, Richard Lane and Shemp Howard. The film was released on March 20, 1942, by Universal Pictures.[1][2][3]

Butch Minds the Baby
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Directed byAlbert S. Rogell
Screenplay byLeonard Spigelgass
Based onButch Minds the Baby
by Damon Runyon
Produced byJules Levey
StarringVirginia Bruce
Broderick Crawford
Dick Foran
Porter Hall
Richard Lane
Shemp Howard
CinematographyElwood Bredell
Edited byMilton Carruth
Production
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Universal Pictures
Mayfair Productions Inc.
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 20, 1942 (1942-03-20)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan is known for being involved with crime. He is motivated to continue being a criminal, in order to provide Susie O'Neill with the money so she can support herself and raise her son. Butch joins a gang of safe crackers as a lookout, but one of them brings his baby son along with him on the job. Butch has to keep the baby on his mind while the safe is being knocked over.

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References

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  1. ^ "Butch Minds the Baby (1942) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "Butch Minds the Baby (1942) - Albert Rogell". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  3. ^ "Butch Minds the Baby". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
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