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20th Century Fox presents

It Happened in Flatbush

directed by Ray McCarey

“ROMANCE strikes straight across the plate!”

19421h 20mNRComedy

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20th Century Fox presents

It Happened in Flatbush

directed by Ray McCarey

“ROMANCE strikes straight across the plate!”

19421h 20mNRComedy

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§ Synopsis

Comedy

A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.

§ Keywords

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new york city sports baseball brooklyn, new york city newspaper reporter pinch hitter

§ Crew

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§ Cast

8 of 35

Lloyd Nolan

as Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire

Carole Landis

as Kathryn Baker

Sara Allgood

as Mrs. 'Mac' McAvoy

William Frawley

William Frawley

Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

as Danny Mitchell

Jane Darwell

as Mrs. Maguire

George Holmes

as Roy Collins aka Roy Anderson

Scotty Beckett

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