The Kid from Brooklyn
The Kid from Brooklyn
Release: 1946-03-21
·Runtime: 113m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast
Victor Cutler
as Photographer
Jerome Cowan
as Fight Announcer
Knox Manning
as Radio Announcer
Charles Cane
as Willard
Don Wilson
as Radio Announcer
Tom Kennedy
as Referee #1 (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Reporter (uncredited)
Danny Kaye
as Burleigh Sullivan
Lionel Stander
as Spider Schultz
Kay Thompson
as Matron
Virginia Mayo
as Polly Pringle
Walter Abel
as Gabby Sloan
Johnny Downs
as Master of Ceremonies
William Benedict
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Betty Alexander
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Vera-Ellen
as Susie Sullivan
Steve Cochran
as Speed McFarlane
Eve Arden
as Ann Westly
Fay Bainter
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
Clarence Kolb
as Mr. Austin
Crew
Jule Styne
Original Music Composer, Lyricist
Sylvia Fine
Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Grover Jones
Screenplay
Melville Shavelson
Adaptation
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Sammy Cahn
Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Jean Louis
Costume Design
Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Frank Butler
Screenplay