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    The Kid from Brooklyn

    The Kid from Brooklyn

    "BEAUTY STACKED! TUNE PACKED!"

    1946

    1:53:06

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    6.2/10 (12)

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    The Kid from Brooklyn

    Genre

    Comedy

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Norman Z. McLeod

    Writers

    Melville Shavelson, Don Hartman, Sammy Cahn, Sylvia Fine, Jule Styne,

    Stars

    Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Eve Arden,