The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
BEAUTY STACKED! TUNE PACKED!
113 min
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.
- Release date
- March 21, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Danny Kaye as Burleigh Sullivan
- Virginia Mayo as Polly Pringle
- Vera-Ellen as Susie Sullivan
- Steve Cochran as Speed McFarlane
- Eve Arden as Ann Westley
- 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
Crew
- Norman Z. McLeod · Director
- Don Hartman · Writer
- Melville Shavelson · Writer
- Grover Jones · Writer
- Frank Butler · Writer
- Samuel Goldwyn · Producer
- Gregg Toland · Cinematographer
- Daniel Mandell · Editor