The Kid from Brooklyn

6.2
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 113 min
  • Premiere: 1946. March 21.

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.

Discover

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

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)

Art

Perry Ferguson

Art Direction

Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

Clifford Porter

Set Decoration

Stewart Chaney

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Gregg Toland

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Miles White

Costume Design

Marie Clark

Hairstylist

Robert Stephanoff

Makeup Artist

Jean Louis

Costume Design

Crew

Bernard Pearce

Choreographer

John Indrisano

Technical Advisor

Directing

Editing

Production

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Sound

Jule Styne

Original Music Composer

Sylvia Fine

Original Music Composer

Sammy Cahn

Original Music Composer

Carmen Dragon

Music Director

Louis Forbes

Music Supervisor

Fred Lau

Sound Recordist

Writing

Don Hartman

Adaptation

Sammy Cahn

Lyricist

Sylvia Fine

Lyricist

Jule Styne

Lyricist

Grover Jones

Screenplay

Frank Butler

Screenplay

Richard Connell

Screenplay

Lynn Root

Theatre Play

Harry Clork

Theatre Play

Art

Perry Ferguson

Art Direction

Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

Clifford Porter

Set Decoration

Stewart Chaney

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Gregg Toland

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Miles White

Costume Design

Marie Clark

Hairstylist

Robert Stephanoff

Makeup Artist

Jean Louis

Costume Design

Crew

Bernard Pearce

Choreographer

John Indrisano

Technical Advisor

Directing

Editing

Production

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Sound

Jule Styne

Original Music Composer

Sylvia Fine

Original Music Composer

Sammy Cahn

Original Music Composer

Carmen Dragon

Music Director

Louis Forbes

Music Supervisor

Fred Lau

Sound Recordist

Writing

Don Hartman

Adaptation

Sammy Cahn

Lyricist

Sylvia Fine

Lyricist

Jule Styne

Lyricist

Grover Jones

Screenplay

Frank Butler

Screenplay

Richard Connell

Screenplay

Lynn Root

Theatre Play

Harry Clork

Theatre Play