Wonder Man

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.

Details

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

Natalie Schafer

Mrs. Hume

Huntz Hall

Sailor

Virginia Gilmore

Sailor's Girl Friend

Edward Gargan

Policeman in Park

Alice Mock

Prima Donna

Gisela Werbisek

Mrs. Schmidt

Bess Flowers

Pelican Club Extra / Opera Patron (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Pelican Club Paron (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Deli Customer (uncredited)