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Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
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Mar 21, 1946
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Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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Cast
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Danny Kaye
Burleigh Sullivan
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Virginia Mayo
Polly Pringle
V
Vera-Ellen
Susie Sullivan
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Steve Cochran
Speed McFarlane
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Eve Arden
Ann Westly
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Walter Abel
Gabby Sloan
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Lionel Stander
Spider Schultz
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Fay Bainter
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
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Clarence Kolb
Mr. Austin
V
Victor Cutler
Photographer
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Charles Cane
Willard
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Jerome Cowan
Fight Announcer
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Don Wilson
Radio Announcer
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Knox Manning
Radio Announcer
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Kay Thompson
Matron
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Johnny Downs
Master of Ceremonies
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Tom Kennedy
Referee #1 (uncredited)
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William Benedict
Newsboy (uncredited)
G
George Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)
B
Bess Flowers
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
