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Danny Kaye has to be twice as amusing in WONDER MAN than in his other hits because here he plays a dual role; that of a scholarly bookworm and also his twin brother, a song-and-dance man.
Original Release
06/08/1945
US Release
06/08/1945
Cast
Name | Character |
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Danny Kaye | Buzzy Bellew / Edwin Dingle |
Virginia Mayo | Ellen Shanley |
Vera-Ellen | Midge Mallon |
Donald Woods | Monte Rossen |
S.Z. Sakall | Schmidt |
Allen Jenkins | Chimp |
Edward Brophy | Torso |
Steve Cochran | Ten Grand Jackson |
Otto Kruger | District Attorney / District Attorney R.J. O'Brien |
Richard Lane | Assistant District Attorney / Asst. District Attorney |
Directors
Writers
Don Hartman, Melville Shavelson, Philip Rapp, Jack Jevne, Arthur Sheekman, Eddie Moran
Cast
Name | Character |
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Danny Kaye | Buzzy Bellew / Edwin Dingle |
Virginia Mayo | Ellen Shanley |
Vera-Ellen | Midge Mallon |
Donald Woods | Monte Rossen |
S.Z. Sakall | Schmidt |
Allen Jenkins | Chimp |
Edward Brophy | Torso |
Steve Cochran | Ten Grand Jackson |
Otto Kruger | District Attorney / District Attorney R.J. O'Brien |
Richard Lane | Assistant District Attorney / Asst. District Attorney |
Natalie Schafer | Mrs. Hume |
Huntz Hall | Sailor / Mike, a Sailor |
Virginia Gilmore | Sailor's Girl Friend |
Edward Gargan | Policeman in Park / Policeman in Prospect Park |
Alice Mock | Prima Donna |
Gisela Werbisek | Mrs. Schmidt |
The Goldwyn Girls | The Goldwyn Girls |
Eddie Acuff | Pelican Club Doorman |
Luis Alberni | Opera Prompter |
Jane Allen | Goldwyn Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1946 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |
1946 | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects | Won |
1946 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1946 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |