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The Kid from Brooklyn

03/21/1946

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1hr 53min

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Comedy

BEAUTY STACKED! TUNE PACKED!

STORY

Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Danny Kaye
  • Virginia Mayo
  • Vera-Ellen
  • Steve Cochran
  • Eve Arden

    Director

  • Norman Z. McLeod

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Samuel Goldwyn Productions

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Danny Kaye

Burleigh Sullivan

Virginia Mayo

Polly Pringle

Vera-Ellen

Susie Sullivan

Steve Cochran

Speed McFarlane

Eve Arden

Ann Westly

Walter Abel

Gabby Sloan

Lionel Stander

Spider Schultz

Fay Bainter

Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne

Clarence Kolb

Mr. Austin

Victor Cutler

Photographer

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