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.
Acting
Danny Kaye's dual performance is genuinely unhinged
Cinematography
Technicolor musical numbers that slap harder than they should
Director
H. Bruce Humberstone
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
Natalie Schafer
Mrs. Hume
Huntz Hall
Sailor
Virginia Gilmore
Sailor's Girl Friend
Edward Gargan
Policeman in Park
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Danny Kaye's breakout film after his Broadway success, and Goldwyn basically built it as a showcase for every trick in his arsenal.
The 'melody' Edwin hums to summon Buzzy's ghost? Kaye improvised it on set and they kept it.
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