

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
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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