Never Steal Anything Small
1959 film by Charles Lederer
- February 11, 1959 (1959-02-11)
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Never Steal Anything Small is a 1959 American CinemaScope comedy-drama musical film directed by Charles Lederer and starring James Cagney and Shirley Jones. It is based on the play The Devil's Hornpipe by Maxwell Anderson and Rouben Mamoulian.
Plot
Jake Macllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot's attractive wife Linda, Macllaney breaks up their marriage, pursues Linda, and pins a grand larceny rap on Dan.
Cast
- James Cagney as Jake Macllaney
- Shirley Jones as Linda Cabot
- Roger Smith as Dan Cabot
- Cara Williams as Winnipeg Simmons
- Nehemiah Persoff as Pinelli
- Royal Dano as Words Cannon
- Anthony Caruso as Lt. Tevis
- Horace McMahon as O.K. Merritt
- Virginia Vincent as Ginger
- Jack Albertson as Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes
- Robert J. Wilke as Lennie
- Herbie Faye as Hymie
- Billy M. Greene as Ed Barton
- Barry Russo as Ward (as John Duke)
- Jack Orrison as Osborne
- Roland Winters as Doctor
- Ingrid Goude as Model
- Sanford Seegar as Fats Ranney
- Edward McNally as Thomas (as Ed "Skipper" McNally)
- Gregg Barton as Deputy Warden
- Bruce Glover as Stevedore (uncredited)
Production
Filmed in color, this musical was directed by Charles Lederer. It is about racketeers infiltrating the labor movement. Cagney plays a dishonest but charming union boss. This was Cagney's final musical film. Jones, who plays a happily married woman whom the labor leader wants to steal away, performs a lively musical number, spoofing television commercials. The film features a duet by Cagney and Williams on "I'm Sorry, I Want a Ferrari."
See also
References
External links
- Never Steal Anything Small at IMDb
- Never Steal Anything Small at the TCM Movie Database
- Never Steal Anything Small at Letterboxd
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Films by Charles Lederer
- Fingers at the Window (1942)
- On the Loose (1951)
- Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
- The Front Page (1931)
- Cock of the Air (1932)
- Baby Face Harrington (1935)
- Mountain Music (1937)
- Double or Nothing (1937)
- Within the Law (1939)
- Broadway Serenade (1939)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- I Love You Again (1940)
- Comrade X (1940)
- Love Crazy (1941)
- The Youngest Profession (1943)
- Slightly Dangerous (1943)
- Kiss of Death (1947)
- Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
- Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
- I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
- Wabash Avenue (1950)
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
- Fearless Fagan (1952)
- Monkey Business (1952)
- O. Henry's Full House (1952)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Kismet (1955)
- Gaby (1956)
- The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
- Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
- The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
- Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
- It Started with a Kiss (1959)
- Can-Can (1960)
- Ocean's 11 (1960)
- Follow That Dream (1962)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
- A Global Affair (1964)
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