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Wonder Man

1945 · 98 min

A breezy, joke-filled musical comedy where ghostly possession fuels silly set-pieces and cheerful songs.

Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Starring
Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen
Tagline
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.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Starring
Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • justice
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour8
Realism3
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, fantasy, music
Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Written by
Melville Shavelson, Philip Rapp, Don Hartman
Starring
Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, Steve Cochran
Music
Sylvia Fine
Cinematography
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Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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