The Kid from Brooklyn
- IMDb link: 0038668
- IMDb rating: 6.5 (1,410 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Sport, Music
- Director: Norman Z. McLeod
- Cast: Virginia Mayo, Steve Cochran, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen and others
- Release date: 21 Mar 1946
- Release year: 1946
- Runtime: 113 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: remake, singer, song, held at gunpoint, milk man, milk truck, home delivery milk, slang, deception, newspaper reporter
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 could finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
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