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Wonder Man(1945)
Status: Released
Date: 1945-06-08
65%
42 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
It's Gala-Gala with Girls, Gaiety and that Goldwyn Glamour!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Wonder Man
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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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
6.5
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
It's Gala-Gala with Girls, Gaiety and that Goldwyn Glamour!
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