Movie: Wonder Man

Top 10 Billed Cast

Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye

Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew

Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo

Ellen Shanley

Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen

Midge Mallon

Donald Woods
Donald Woods

Monte Rossen

S.Z. Sakall
S.Z. Sakall

Schmidt

Allen Jenkins
Allen Jenkins

Chimp

Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy

Torso

Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran

Ten Grand Jackson

Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger

District Attorney

Richard Lane
Richard Lane

Assistant District Attorney

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  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    1945-06-08

  • Average

    6.538

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

    It's Gala-Gala with Girls, Gaiety and that Goldwyn Glamour!

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  • Languages:

    English
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