The Kid from Brooklyn
“BEAUTY STACKED! TUNE PACKED!”
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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Cast
23 people
Danny Kaye
Burleigh Sullivan
Known for
White Christmas
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Virginia Mayo
Polly Pringle
Known for
White Heat
The Best Years of Our Lives
Vera-Ellen
Susie Sullivan
Known for
White Christmas
On the Town
Steve Cochran
Speed McFarlane
Known for
Il Grido
White Heat
Eve Arden
Ann Westly
Known for
Grease
Anatomy of a Murder
Walter Abel
Gabby Sloan
Known for
Fury
Holiday Inn
Lionel Stander
Spider Schultz
Known for
Cul-de-sac
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Fay Bainter
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
Known for
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Children's Hour
Clarence Kolb
Mr. Austin
Known for
His Girl Friday
Adam's Rib
Victor Cutler
Photographer
Known for
Raw Deal
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Charles Cane
Willard
Known for
Dead Reckoning
Revenge of the Creature
Jerome Cowan
Fight Announcer
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
Miracle on 34th Street
Norman Z. McLeod Director · Grover Jones Screenplay Richard Connell Screenplay
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Screenplay
Grover Jones
Screenplay
Richard Connell
Screenplay
Frank Butler
Author
Lynn Root
Author
Harry Clork
Composer
Jule Styne
Composer
Sammy Cahn
Composer
Sylvia Fine
Cinematographer
Gregg Toland
Editor
Daniel Mandell
Costume designer
Jean Louis
Costume designer
Miles White
Worldwide gross $4M · United States release March 21, 1946 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio · Production
Trinity Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 21, 1946
Theatrical
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