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The Kid from Brooklyn
1h 53min
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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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Original Title
The Kid from Brooklyn
Runtime (Duration)
1h 53min
Directors
Release Year
1946
Country
United States of America
Casting
Actors

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

Charles Cane
Willard

Jerome Cowan
Fight Announcer

Don Wilson
Radio Announcer

Knox Manning
Radio Announcer

Kay Thompson
Matron

Johnny Downs
Master of Ceremonies

Tom Kennedy
Referee #1 (uncredited)

William Benedict
Newsboy (uncredited)

George Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Betty Alexander
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Rudolph Andrean
Dancer (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Dancer (uncredited)
Crew

Norman Z. McLeod
DIRECTOR

Jule Styne
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Sylvia Fine
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Sammy Cahn
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Grover Jones
SCREENPLAY

Frank Butler
SCREENPLAY
Richard Connell
SCREENPLAY

Samuel Goldwyn
PRODUCER
Gregg Toland
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Don Hartman
ADAPTATION

Melville Shavelson
ADAPTATION

Daniel Mandell
EDITOR
Perry Ferguson
ART DIRECTION
Howard Bristol
SET DECORATION
Clifford Porter
SET DECORATION
Miles White
COSTUME DESIGN
Marie Clark
HAIRSTYLIST
Robert Stephanoff
MAKEUP ARTIST

Sammy Cahn
LYRICIST

Sylvia Fine
LYRICIST

Jule Styne
LYRICIST
Stewart Chaney
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
Carmen Dragon
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Louis Forbes
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Bernard Pearce
CHOREOGRAPHER

Jean Louis
COSTUME DESIGN
John Indrisano
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Fred Lau
SOUND RECORDIST
Lynn Root
THEATRE PLAY
Harry Clork
THEATRE PLAY
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