Wonder Man
1945 · Movie · 1h 38m · NR
ComedyFantasyMusic
"It's Gala-Gala with Girls, Gaiety and that Goldwyn Glamour!"
Overview
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.
Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Key crew
- H. Bruce HumberstoneDirector
- Don HartmanScreenplay
- Melville ShavelsonScreenplay
- Philip RappScreenplay
- Sylvia FineOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Danny KayeEdwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
- Virginia MayoEllen Shanley
- Vera-EllenMidge Mallon
- Donald WoodsMonte Rossen
- S.Z. SakallSchmidt
- Allen JenkinsChimp
- Edward BrophyTorso
- Steve CochranTen Grand Jackson
- Otto KrugerDistrict Attorney
- Richard LaneAssistant District Attorney
- Natalie SchaferMrs. Hume
- Huntz HallSailor
Stills
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Themes
dancepossessioncomedianmusicalmurdertwinshoodlum