Never Steal Anything Small

Never Steal Anything Small (1959) is a musical comedy film starring James Cagney, Shirley Jones, Roger Smith, Cara Williams, Nehemiah Persoff, Royal Dano, and Horace McMahon. The film was based on The Devil's Hornpipe by Maxwell Anderson and released by Universal-International.

Production

Filmed in color, this musical was directed by Charles Lederer. It is about racketeers infiltrating the labor movement. Cagney, as a dishonest but charming union boss, gets to sing and dance a little. This was Cagney's final musical film. Jones, who plays a happily married woman whom the labor leader wants to steal away, does a lively musical number, spoofing television commercials. One of the highlights is a duet between Cagney and Williams. The film has a running time of 94 minutes and has been released on home video, as well as featured on American Movie Classics.

Cast

James Cagney as Jake MacIllaney
Shirley Jones as Linda Cabot
Roger Smith as Dan Cabot
Cara Williams as Winnipeg Simmons
Nehemiah Persoff as Pinelli
Horace McMahon as O.K. Merritt
Jack Albertson as Sleep-Out Charlie

References

American Movie Classics
Video Movie Guide, edited by Mick Martin and Marsha Porter (New York: Ballantine Books, 1996)

External links

Never Steal Anything Small at IMDB

Films by Charles Lederer

As director	Fingers at the Window (1942) On the Loose (1951) Never Steal Anything Small (1959)

As writer	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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