The read
A Balasaur Score of 63 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 60%. Most of the 235 1940s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman Z. McLeodDirector
- Jule StyneOriginal Music Composer
- Sammy CahnOriginal Music Composer
- Sylvia FineOriginal Music Composer
- Frank ButlerScreenplay
- Richard ConnellScreenplay
- Grover JonesScreenplay
Cast
- Danny KayeBurleigh Sullivan
- Virginia MayoPolly Pringle
- Vera-EllenSusie Sullivan
- Steve CochranSpeed McFarlane
- Eve ArdenAnn Westly
- Walter AbelGabby Sloan
- Lionel StanderSpider Schultz
- Fay BainterMrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
- Clarence KolbMr. Austin
- Victor CutlerPhotographer
- Charles CaneWillard
- Jerome CowanFight Announcer
