Babies for Sale
Film poster
Directed by	Charles Barton
Screenplay by	Robert Hardy Andrews (as Robert D. Andrews)
Story by	Joseph Carole Robert Chapin
Starring	Rochelle Hudson Glenn Ford Miles Mander
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	Charles Nelson
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 14, 1940 (1940-06-14)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Babies for Sale is a 1940 American film noir crime drama film directed by Charles Barton and starring Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford and Miles Mander.

Plot

A newsman exposes a doctor running an adoption ring from a home for expectant mothers.

Cast

• Rochelle Hudson as Ruth Williams
• Glenn Ford as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
• Miles Mander as Dr. Wallace Rankin
• Joe De Stefani as Dr. John Gaines (as Joseph Stefani)
• Isabel Jewell as Edith Drake
• Georgia Caine as Iris Talbot
• Eva Hyde as Gerda Honaker
• Selmer Jackson as Arthur Kingsley
• Mary Currier as Mrs. Thelma Kingsley
• Edwin Stanley as Mr. Edwards
• Douglas Wood as Dr. Ateshire
• John Qualen as Howard Anderson
• Helen Brown as Mrs. Howard Anderson

Production notes

In April 1940 The New York Times reported that Evelyn Young was to receive the female lead in Babies for Sale.^[1] Young would soon receive other lead roles in Columbia films but that of Babies for Sale went to Rochelle Hudson.