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66% Critic Match
Wonder Man
“It's Gala-Gala with Girls, Gaiety and that Goldwyn Glamour!”
6.6 / 10• 1945• 1h 38m•NR• English
ComedyFantasyMusic
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Danny Kaye
Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. H. Bruce Humberstone's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Wonder Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
