Butch Minds the Baby
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.
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- Released
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- English
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United Kingdom, Thailand
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- TheatricalU1 Jan 1979
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Butch Minds the Baby was released on 1 January 1979.
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CinemaSerf
6/27/2025
If you’re familiar with the Pete Smith “specialities” from the late 1940s then you’ll appreciate that most of the value here comes from the narration. From the perspective of it’s author Damon Runyon, that guides us through half an hour of daft antics as “Harry the Horse” tries to get his pal, former safecracker “Butch” to come out of retirement and help him steal a small fortune from an office. “Butch” has become fe…
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