Wonder Man (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.
Director:
H. Bruce Humberstone
Writers:
Don Hartman, Melville Shavelson, Philip Rapp.
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Danny Kaye as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew |
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Virginia Mayo as Ellen Shanley |
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Vera-Ellen as Midge Mallon |
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Donald Woods as Monte Rossen |
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S.Z. Sakall as Schmidt |
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Allen Jenkins as Chimp |
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Edward Brophy as Torso |
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Steve Cochran as Ten Grand Jackson |
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Otto Kruger as District Attorney |
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Richard Lane as Assistant District Attorney |
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Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Hume |
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Huntz Hall as Sailor |
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Virginia Gilmore as Sailor's Girl Friend |
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Edward Gargan as Policeman in Park |
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Alice Mock as Prima Donna |
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Gisela Werbisek as Mrs. Schmidt |
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Bess Flowers as Pelican Club Extra / Opera Patron (uncredited) |
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Franklyn Farnum as Pelican Club Patron (uncredited) |
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Sam Harris as Pelican Club Paron (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger as Deli Customer (uncredited) |
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Gloria Delson as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) |
| Production | Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
| Directing | H. Bruce Humberstone | Director |
| Camera | William E. Snyder | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Don Hartman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Melville Shavelson | Screenplay |
| Camera | Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Philip Rapp | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Art | Howard Bristol | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Stephanoff | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Roberts | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Eddie Moran | Adaptation |
| Sound | Ray Heindorf | Orchestrator |
| Writing | Jack Jevne | Adaptation |
| Writing | Arthur Sheekman | Original Story |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Sound | Ray Heindorf | Conductor |
| Sound | Louis Forbes | Music Director |
| Crew | John Wray | Choreographer |
| Sound | David Rose | Songs |
| Writing | Sylvia Fine | Lyricist |
| Sound | Leo Robin | Songs |
| Sound | Sylvia Fine | Original Music Composer |
| Art | McClure Capps | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Fred Lau | Sound Recordist |