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The Kid from Brooklyn

6.2 113 mins Comedy   1946
Samuel Goldwyn Productions  
Director(s): Norman Z. McLeod

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.

Casts of The Kid from Brooklyn

Danny Kaye

as Burleigh Sullivan

Virginia Mayo

as Polly Pringle

Vera-Ellen

as Susie Sullivan

Steve Cochran

as Speed McFarlane

Eve Arden

as Ann Westly

Walter Abel

as Gabby Sloan

Lionel Stander

as Spider Schultz

Fay Bainter

as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne

Clarence Kolb

as Mr. Austin

Victor Cutler

as Photographer

Charles Cane

as Willard

Jerome Cowan

as Fight Announcer

Don Wilson

as Radio Announcer

Knox Manning

as Radio Announcer

Kay Thompson

as Matron

Johnny Downs

as Master of Ceremonies

Tom Kennedy

as Referee #1 (uncredited)

William Benedict

as Newsboy (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Rudolph Andrean

as Dancer (uncredited)

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