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The Kid From Brooklyn

Play trailer Poster for The Kid From Brooklyn 1946,  1h 54m,  Musical/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Smitten by Polly Martin (Virginia Mayo), milkman Burleigh Sullivan (Danny Kaye) promises that his sister, Susie (Vera-Ellen), can get Polly a job at the club she owns. That night, Burleigh interrupts two men accosting Susie in the alley and apparently knocks them both out. When the men are discovered to be middleweight boxing champion Speed MacFarlane (Steve Cochran) and his coach, Speed's manager (Walter Abel) convinces Burleigh to take up boxing. Hoping to impress Polly, Burleigh agrees.
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Noel Murray The Dissolve Dec 16, 2013
2/5
The Kid From Brooklyn keeps stalling the plot to fit in another of the usual Goldwyn musical-comedy elements Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 17, 2005
3/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Sep 13, 2004
3/5
Surprisingly pleasing Danny Kaye vehicle. Go to Full Review
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Aug 22, 2003
3/5
Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) Jan 2, 2003
2/5
For Kaye fans only. It has some moments, but Kaye is an acquired taste and here the taste is somewhat sour. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Danny Kaye

Burleigh Sullivan

Vera-Ellen

Susie Sullivan

Virginia Mayo

Polly Pringle

Walter Abel

Gabby Sloan

Eve Arden

Ann Westley

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The Kid From Brooklyn

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Synopsis Smitten by Polly Martin (Virginia Mayo), milkman Burleigh Sullivan (Danny Kaye) promises that his sister, Susie (Vera-Ellen), can get Polly a job at the club she owns. That night, Burleigh interrupts two men accosting Susie in the alley and apparently knocks them both out. When the men are discovered to be middleweight boxing champion Speed MacFarlane (Steve Cochran) and his coach, Speed's manager (Walter Abel) convinces Burleigh to take up boxing. Hoping to impress Polly, Burleigh agrees.
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter
Grover Jones, Frank Butler, Richard Connell, Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, Eddie Moran
Production Co
RKO Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Production
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 1946, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 31, 2020
Runtime
1h 54m
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