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The Kid from Brooklyn

(1946)

March 21, 1946 1h 53m
63%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Top Billed Cast

DK

Danny Kaye

Burleigh Sullivan

VM

Virginia Mayo

Polly Pringle

V

Vera-Ellen

Susie Sullivan

SC

Steve Cochran

Speed McFarlane

EA

Eve Arden

Ann Westly

WA

Walter Abel

Gabby Sloan

LS

Lionel Stander

Spider Schultz

FB

Fay Bainter

Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne

CK

Clarence Kolb

Mr. Austin

VC

Victor Cutler

Photographer