Summary
Brother Rat and a Baby is an American film comedy first released in 1940,
directed by Ray Enright.
The film stars Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan, Eddie Albert and Jane Wyman.
It has also been released under the title: Baby Be Good.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Ray Enright
- Script: John Monks Jr., Fred F. Finklehoffe, Earl Baldwin, Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald
- Photo: Charles Rosher
- Music: Heinz Roemheld, Howard Jackson
- Cast: Priscilla Lane (Joyce Winfree), Wayne Morris (Billy Randolph), Jane Bryan (Kate Edwards), Eddie Albert (’Bing’ Edwards), Jane Wyman (Claire Terry), Ronald Reagan (Dan Crawford), Peter B. Good (Commencement Edwards), Arthur Treacher (Snelling, Harper’s Butler), Moroni Olsen (Major Robert Terry), Jessie Busley (Mrs. ’Gram’ Brooks), Larry Williams (Harley Harrington), Berton Churchill (Mr. John D. Harper), Nana Bryant (Mrs. May Harper), Paul Harvey (Mr. Sterling Randolph), Mayo Methot (Girl in Bus), Edward Gargan (Cab Driver), Irving Bacon (Hospital Official), Granville Bates (First Doctor), Wade Boteler (Police Captain), Tommy Bupp (Boy With News of Baby), Glen Cavender (Courtroom Extra), Eddy Chandler (Bus Driver), Cliff Clark (Police Captain), Richard Clayton (Cadet in Trouble), Michael Conroy (Second Bellboy), John Deering (Radio Announcer), John Dilson (Pawnbroker), William Gould (Second Doctor), Eddie Graham (Courtroom Extra), John Hamilton (Judge), John Harron (Hotel Desk Clerk), Alan Ladd (Cadet in Trouble), Douglas Meins (Western Union Boy), Carlyle Moore Jr. (Lieutenant), Ted Osborne (Airplane Captain), Sally Sage (Randolph’s Secretary), Cliff Saum (Man Watching Fire), Jeffrey Sayre (El Mecca Club Waiter), George Sorel (El Mecca Club Headwaiter), Elliott Sullivan (Garage Man With Invoice), Emmett Vogan (Steamship Clerk), Billy Wayne (Expressman), Dave Willock (Talking Cadet in Trouble), Claude Wisberg (First Bellboy)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 87 min; B&W
- Aka: Baby Be Good
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