Wonder Man

Jun 8, 1945

1h 38m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Music

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Wonder Man Trailers

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Cast

Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew

Danny Kaye

Ellen Shanley

Virginia Mayo

Midge Mallon

Vera-Ellen

Monte Rossen

Donald Woods

Schmidt

S.Z. Sakall

Chimp

Allen Jenkins

Torso

Edward Brophy

Ten Grand Jackson

Steve Cochran

District Attorney

Otto Kruger

Assistant District Attorney

Richard Lane

Mrs. Hume

Natalie Schafer

Sailor

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