The Kid from Brooklyn
21/03/1946
2h



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.
Cast


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)
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