The Milky Way (1936)

Directed by

Norman Z. McLeod, Leo McCarey

Genre

comedy film, boxing film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Brooklyn milkman accidentally becomes a middleweight boxing champion. The film follows his unlikely rise in the boxing world as a comedy of errors.

light-heartedwhimsicalplayfulfast-pacedfunnycleverunderdog storyscrewball

What happens

The Milky Way is a 1936 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. Directed by comedy veteran Leo McCarey, the film was written by Grover Jones, Frank Butler and Richard Connell based on a play of the same name by Lynn Root and Harry Clork that was presented on Broadway in 1934. An example of the popular screwball comedy genre of the time, and critically Harold Lloyd's most successful talkie, it tells the story of a Brooklyn milkman who becomes middleweight boxing champion. The Milky Way features supporting performances by Adolphe Menjou and Verree Teasdale and marks the film debut of Anthony Quinn with a small uncredited role. The film's copyright was not renewed, but its reuse is restricted as a derivative of the still copyrighted play it is based on. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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