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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.
- 6.5
- 1945
- Released
- 1h 38m
Danny Kaye
Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
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
Richard Lane
Assistant District Attorney
Natalie Schafer
Mrs. Hume
Huntz Hall
Sailor
Virginia Gilmore
Sailor's Girl Friend
Edward Gargan
Policeman in Park
Alice Mock
Prima DonnaGisela Werbisek
Mrs. Schmidt
Bess Flowers
Pelican Club Extra / Opera Patron (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)Sam Harris
Pelican Club Paron (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Deli Customer (uncredited)Gloria Delson
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)Released
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- #possession
- #comedian
- #musical
- #murder
- #twins
- #hoodlum
Reviews
Danny Kaye is "Dingle" - a charismatic, if slightly annoying, nightclub entertainer who, after witnessing an hit, falls foul of some mobsters. His ghost returns to try and inspire his rather timid twin to help deliver his killers to the cops. The split-personality approach allows for plenty opportunities for light comedy. "Dingle" must reconcile the attentions of his fiancée "Midge" (Vera-Allen) -