The Kid from Brooklyn is a 1946 American English-language Comedy Musical film featuring Danny Kaye, Vera-ellen, Steve Cochran, Eve Arden, Virginia Mayo, Walter Abel and Betty Yeaton. Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister.. Samuel Goldwyn Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Samuel Goldwyn. The Kid from Brooklyn is written by Don Hartman, Melville Shavelson, Grover Jones, Frank Butler, Richard Connell, Lynn Root, Harry Clork, Ken Englund, Everett Freeman and Eddie Moran and it is directed by Norman Z. Mcleod. RKO Radio Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The movie has a running time of 113 min.. The Film was successful at box office. The Kid from Brooklyn was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $4 million. Cinematography was done by Gregg Toland and editing by Daniel Mandell. The music was composed by Carmen Dragon.