Wonder Man

Wonder Man

98 mins | Comedy, Music, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1945

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.

Wonder Man

98 mins | Comedy, Music, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1945

Wonder Man
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Original title Wonder Man
Directors H. Bruce Humberstone
Writers Philip Rapp, Eddie Moran, Jack Jevne, Don Hartman, Arthur Sheekman, Melville Shavelson

Cast

Danny Kaye

as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew

Virginia Mayo

as Ellen Shanley

Vera-Ellen

as Midge Mallon

Donald Woods

as Monte Rossen

S.Z. Sakall

as Schmidt

Allen Jenkins

as Chimp

Edward Brophy

as Torso

Steve Cochran

as Ten Grand Jackson

Otto Kruger

as District Attorney R.J. O'Brien

Richard Lane

as Asst. District Attorney

Natalie Schafer

as Mrs. Hume

Huntz Hall

as Mike, a Sailor

Virginia Gilmore

as Sailor's Girl Friend

Edward Gargan

as Policeman in Prospect Park

Alice Mock

as Prima Donna

Gisela Werbisek

as Mrs. Schmidt

Bess Flowers

as Pelican Club Extra / Opera Patron (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Pelican Club Paron (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Deli Customer (uncredited)