Wonder Man
US (1945): Comedy/Musical/Fantasy
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew (Danny Kaye) was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson (Steve Cochran). 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, Edgar Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson. H. Bruce Humberstone directs a cast that also includes Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins, Otto Kruger and Natalie Schafer. (Samuel Goldwyn/RKO) (IMDb)
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· Best Special Effects 1945: John P. Fulton - Photographic; Arthur (A.W.) Johns - Sound
· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1945: Lou Forbes, Ray Heindorf
· Music Best Song 1945: "So in Love" David Rose - Music, Leo Robin - Lyric
· Sound Recording 1945: Gordon Sawyer
4 nominations, 1 Award