The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
1h 53m
Running Time
March 21, 1946Release Date
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
1h 53m
Running Time
March 21, 1946Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Danny Kaye
Burleigh Sullivan
Virginia Mayo
Polly Pringle
Vera-Ellen
Susie Sullivan
Steve Cochran
Speed McFarlane
Eve Arden
Ann Westley
Walter Abel
Gabby Sloan
Lionel Stander
Spider Schultz
Fay Bainter
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
Clarence Kolb
Mr. Austin
Victor Cutler
Photographer
Charles Cane
Willard
Richard Connell
Writer
Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Jerome Cowan
Fight Announcer
Don Hartman
Writer
Don Wilson
Radio Announcer
Knox Manning
Radio Announcer
Melville Shavelson
Writer
Kay Thompson
Matron
Grover Jones
Writer
Tom Kennedy
Referee #1 (uncredited)
Frank Butler
Writer
William Benedict
Newsboy
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
George Chandler
Reporter
Gregg Toland
Cinematographer
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Bess Flowers
Fight Spectator
Betty Alexander
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Perry Ferguson
Art Direction
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Fred Lau
Sound Recordist
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The Kid from Brooklyn is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Walter Abel, Eve Arden, and Fay Bainter. Virginia Mayo's and Vera-Ellen's singing voices were dubbed by Betty Russell and Dorothy Ellers, respectively.Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, it is a remake of the Harold Lloyd film The Milky Way (1936) about a milkman who becomes world boxing champion. Lionel Stander plays the role of "Spider" Schultz in both versions of the movie.