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Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Writers:
Frank Butler (1936 screenplays)
Richard Connell (1936 screenplays)
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Release Date:
21 March 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
One of Danny Kaye's best films...sparkling cast... more (8 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Danny Kaye ... Burleigh Hubert Sullivan

Virginia Mayo ... Polly Pringle
Vera-Ellen ... Susie Sullivan
Steve Cochran ... Speed McFarlane
Eve Arden ... Ann Westley
Walter Abel ... Gabby Sloan
Lionel Stander ... Spider Schultz
Fay Bainter ... Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
Clarence Kolb ... Wilbur Austin
Victor Cutler ... Photographer
Charles Cane ... Willard - Reporter
Jerome Cowan ... Fight announcer
Don Wilson ... Radio announcer
Knox Manning ... Radio announcer
Kay Thompson ... Matron
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #11291) | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lionel Stander repeats his role from the original version of the film, The Milky Way (1936), starring Harold Lloyd, ten years before. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as The Calcium Kid (2004) more
Soundtrack:
I Love An Old Fashioned Song more

FAQ

List: Wacky boxing
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One of Danny Kaye's best films...sparkling cast..., 26 December 2006
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

Everyone in THE KID FROM BROOKLYN is at their best--thanks to a zestful comedy based on "The Milky Way" with Harold Lloyd, only this time the timid milkman is DANNY KAYE, who goes from lovable, funny Kaye to totally extroverted Kaye who thinks he really won all those fights that he was signed up for by crooked manager WALTER ABEL.

VIRGINIA MAYO, looking her most luscious in Technicolor, is Kaye's partner again and the great supporting cast includes VERA-ELLEN (as Kaye's dancing sister), EVE ARDEN, LIONEL STANDER and STEVE COCHRAN, who steps away from his usual serious role (as a heavy) to show that he had a flair for slapstick comedy.

The story is nonsense, of course, and even the usually repressed FAY BAINTER gets into the spirit of things as a woman Kaye teaches some boxing pointers to. It's all very lightweight, easy to take and pleasant to watch, especially if you enjoy Kaye's special brand of comedy. Included are some specialty numbers for Vera-Ellen, surrounded by chorus boys and The Goldwyn Girls and a nice song number for Virginia Mayo, all emphasizing some dazzling Technicolor hues.

Kaye does only one of his tongue-twisting routines, but it's a gem--a Russian number called "Pavlova" written for him by Sylvia Fine, his wife.

Summing up: Light-hearted entertainment impossible to dislike and all of it is photographed in gorgeous Technicolor.

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