The Kid from Brooklyn | |
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Directed by | Norman Z. McLeod |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
Starring | Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Vera-Ellen The Goldwyn Girls Walter Abel Eve Arden Steve Cochran Fay Bainter Lionel Stander |
Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
Edited by | Daniel Mandell |
Music by | Carmen Dragon (uncredited) |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,450,000[1] or over $2 million[2] |
Box office | $5,490,000 (worldwide rentals)[3] |
The Kid from Brooklyn is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Walter Abel, Eve Arden, and Fay Bainter. Virginia Mayo's and Vera-Ellen's singing voices were dubbed by Betty Russell and Dorothy Ellers, respectively.[4]
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, it is a remake of the Harold Lloyd film The Milky Way (1936) about a milkman who becomes world boxing champion. Lionel Stander plays the role of "Spider" Schultz in both versions of the movie.