It Happened in Flatbush

It Happened in Flatbush

★ 5.4IMDb Score
Released:1942-05-28
Genre:Comedy
Duration:80 min
Director:Ray McCarey
Actors:Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Sara Allgood, William Frawley, Robert Armstrong
Production:20th Century Fox

Overview:

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.

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