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Kid Nightingale is an American film comedy first released in 1939,
directed by George Amy.
The film stars John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy and Charles D. Brown.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: George Amy
- Script: Charles Belden, Lee Katz, Raymond L. Schrock
- Photo: Arthur Edeson
- Music: Howard Jackson, M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
- Cast: John Payne (Steve Nelson aka Kid Nightingale), Jane Wyman (Judy Craig), Walter Catlett (Alonzo P. ’Honest Skip’ Davis), Edward Brophy (Michael ’Mike’ Jordon), Charles D. Brown (Charles ’Pax’ Paxton), Max Hoffman Jr. (Fitts), John Ridgely (Whitey), Harry Burns (Strangler Colombo), William Haade (Rocky Snyder, Fighter), Helen Troy (Marge, Paxton’s Secretary), Winifred Harris (Mrs. Reynolds), Lee Phelps (Ring Announcer), Frankie Van (Frankie, Steve’s Trainer), Phyllis Barry (First Girl with Mrs. Reynolds), James Blaine (Policeman), George Blake (Referee), Nat Carr (Calif. Boxing Commissioner Representative), Glen Cavender (Man Leaving Dynamite Dennis Fight), Abe Dinovitch (Second Drunk at Soxey’s), Pat Flaherty (Soxey, Tavern Owner), Pauline Haddon (Second Girl With Mrs. Reynolds), Creighton Hale (Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan’s Gymnasium), John Harron (Clipper), Edna Holland (Madame Svenson, Gym Instructress), Stuart Holmes (Bartender), John Kelly (Dynamite Dennis), Kenner G. Kemp (Extra), Vera Lewis (Woman Crashing Vase), Al Lloyd (Max, a Bill Collector), Jerry Mandy (Stincowski, Leader of Sextet), Steve Mason (Fighter), Frank Mayo (Tall Creditor), Jack Mower (Dan, the Guard), Constantine Romanoff (Bald Wrestler), Ralph Sanford (First Drunk, at Soxey’s), Mike Tellegen (Second Wrestler), Bobby Watson (Oscar, the Service Station Man), Leo White (Creditor with Mustache), Tom Wilson (Kid’s Trainer), Claude Wisberg (Messenger with Telegram)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 57 min; B&W
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