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It Happened in Brooklyn
“IT ALL TAKES PLACE IN THAT FASCINATING WONDERLAND OF THE FAR EAST...BROOKLYN!”
5.9 / 10• 1947• 1h 45m•NR• English
ComedyMusicRomance
Storyline
Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. When he returns after the war, he soon finds that Brooklyn is not so nice after all. He is able to share a place with Nick, the janitor of his old High School, and get a job as a singer in a music store. He also meets Leo, a talented pianist and his teacher Anne, whose dream is to singing Opera. When Jamie arrives from England, Danny tries to show him the Brooklyn experience and help him compose modern swing music. Together, these four also try to help Leo get the Brooklyn Music scholarship.
Cast & Crew
Frank Sinatra
Danny Webson Miller
Lead
Kathryn Grayson
Anne Fielding
Peter Lawford
Jamie Shellgrove
Jimmy Durante
Nick Lombardi
Gloria Grahame
Nurse
Aubrey Mather
Duke of Dunstable
William Roy
Leo Kardos
Dick Wessel
Policeman
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Whorf's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. It Happened in Brooklyn is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
