The movie has Danny Kaye playing twin brothers where one is a entertainer and the other a scholarly bookworm. The entertainer is engaged to Vera Ellen and the bookworm is trying to get acquainted with Virginia Mayo. The entertainer gets murdered in order to prevent him from testifying against a gangster who is implicated in another murder. The dead brother then enlists his bookworm brother to help in catching his murderer. Several funny scenes with Danny Kaye talking to his dead brother while others can't see the ghost. Danny Kaye gives a very frantic and funny performance in the movie. I think the movie had two weak spots. One is the casting of Vera Ellen as the love interest to Danny Kaye's entertainer character. She looks much too young for him. And when she finally gets fed up with his delay tactics from getting married, she switches to another man in the nightclub much too easily. The other is the scene when Danny is performing in front of an audience after the dead brother has taken over the body of the bookworm brother. He goes through a routine making a lot of noises and gestures as the audience in the movie listens to in silence. When it is over, you only hear polite applause. His act did not seem funny and the audience in the movie's response seemed to indicate that. Still, it is an enjoyable movie with the usual Danny Kaye hilarity.
Review of Wonder Man
