Butch minds the baby

A humorous film based on a short story by Damon Runyon and told through voice-over narration. This film is set in Manhattan in the summer of 1931 when the unemployment situation drives a bunch of hoodlums to approach famous safe-cracker Big Butch with a plan: if he carries out a job they have arranged, they will split the payoff. Butch foresees just one complication, his wife is away for the evening and he is babysitting John Ignatius Jnr.

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Credits

producer

Adrian Hughes

production company

Park Village Productions

director

Peter Webb

Duration

00:31:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1978

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015857

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 12+

Childrens Films → Children's films - Great Britain

Comedy

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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United Kingdom, 1978

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