Never Steal Anything Small

Never Steal Anything Small
Universal, 1959, Color, 94 minutes
Released February, 1959

Jake MacIllaney (James Cagney) is a waterfront heavy and union president hopeful who just happens to sing and dance on the side. He tries to make Linda (Shirley Jones) his own by framing her attorney husband in a racketeering charge. But things just don't always work out as we hope they will. Some nice song and dance numbers.

Cagney gets to mix his gangster persona with his song and dance talents. This is a drama mixed up with some music. Good acting all around.



Produced by: Aaron Rosenberg
Directed by: Charles Lederer
Assistant Director: David Silver
Screen Story and Screenplay by: Charles Lederer
Based on the play "Devil's Hornpipe" by Maxwell Anderson and Rouben Mamoulian
Music by: Allie Wrubel
Lyrics by: Maxwell Anderson
Music Supervision: Joseph Gershenson
Adaptation by: Henry Mancini
Vocal Supervision: Charles Henderson
Choreography by: Hermes Pan
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy
Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman, Ollie Emert
Gowns: Bill Thomas
Make-Up: Bud Westmore
Sound: Leslie I. Carey, Corson Jowett
Director of Photography: Harold Lipstein
Special Photography: Clifford Stine
Filmed in CinemaScope, Eastman Color by Pathe
Film Editor: Russell Schoengarth

Cast: James Cagney [Jake MacIllaney], Shirley Jones [Linda Cabot], Roger Smith [Dan Cabot], Cara Williams [Winnipeg], Nehemiah Persoff [Pinelli], Royal Dano [Words Cannon], Anthony Caruso [Lt. Trevis], Horace MacMahon [O. K. Merritt], Virginia Vincent [Ginger], Jack Albertson [Sleep-Out Charlie], Bob Wilke [Lennie], Herbie Faye [Hymie], Billy M. Greene [Ed], John Duke [Ward], Jack Orrison [Osborne], Roland Winters [Doctor], Ingrid Goude [Model], Sanford Seegar [Fats Ranney], Ed McNally [Thomas], Gregg Barton [Deputy Warden], Eddie Parker [Policeman], Jay Jostyn [Judge], John Halloran, Harvey Perry [Detectives], Phyllis Rimedy [Waitress], Rebecca Sand [Coffee Vendor]

Musical Program: [0:00] Never Steal Anything Small (introduced by James Cagney and sung behind titles by Chorus); [0:02] Helping Our Neighbors (sung by Chorus dubbing for men marching to political rally); [0:25] I Haven't Got a Thing to Wear (sung by Shirley Jones); [0:35] I'm Sorry, I Want a Ferrari (sung and danced by Cara Williams and James Cagney); [1:03] It Takes Love to Make a Home (sung and danced by Shirley Jones and Chorus of four men); [1:33] Never Steal Anything Small (reprised by James Cagney and Chorus)