The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)

Directors

Norman Z. McLeod

Cast

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

The story

Well-meaning and mild-mannered milkman Burleigh Sullivan (Kaye) meets Polly Pringle (Mayo), a beautiful, but out-of-work, singer, whilst on his rounds early in the morning. He tries to get her a job at the club where his sister Susie (Vera-Ellen) is performing, but gets the sack for his trouble. Whilst meeting Susie after the show, he sees her being molested by drunken boxer 'Speed' McFarlane and his bodyguard 'Spider'.

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