Butch Minds the Baby (1979)
A BAFTA award winning comedy based on short story by Damon Runyon. Set in New York in the 1920s, the story tells of the bungling attempts of three gangsters to break into a safe, aided by Butch the safe cracker, who has brought his baby along because he can't get a sitter.
Director: Peter Webb
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Zachary Peirce as John Ignatius Jnr. |
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Jerry O’Shea as Big Butch |
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Ivan Cotton as Damon Runyon |
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Harry Gaunt as Harry the Horse |
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Max Susman as Little Isadore |
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Antonios Alexandrou as Spanish John |
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Harry Birmingham as Police sergeant |
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Ed Bishop as Damon Runyon (voice) |
| Directing | Peter Webb | Director |
| Production | Adrian Tughes | Producer |
| Editing | Peter Beston | Editor |
| Camera | Ian McMillan | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dick Walter | Music |
| Camera | Colin Corby | Camera Operator |