The Milky Way

The Milky Way

89 mins | Comedy | Feb. 7, 1936

Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.

The Milky Way

89 mins | Comedy | Feb. 7, 1936

The Milky Way
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount
Original title The Milky Way
Directors Leo McCarey
Writers Frank Butler, Richard Connell, Grover Jones

Cast

Harold Lloyd

as Burleigh Sullivan

Adolphe Menjou

as Gabby Sloan

Verree Teasdale

as Ann Westley

Helen Mack

as Mae Sullivan

William Gargan

as Speed McFarland

George Barbier

as Wilbur Austin

Dorothy Wilson

as Polly Pringle

Lionel Stander

as Spider Schultz

Charles Lane

as Willard

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne