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