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Joe Palooka in the Knockout
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Joe Palooka in the Knockout

1947-09-20 · 72 min · ★ 7.0

Comedy · Drama

The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.

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Directors
Reginald Le Borg
Production companies
Monogram Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Leon ErrolLeon ErrolKnobby Walsh
Joe Kirkwood Jr.Joe Kirkwood Jr.Joe Palooka
Morris CarnovskyMorris CarnovskyHoward Abbott
Elyse KnoxElyse KnoxAnne Howe
Billy HouseBilly HouseSam Wheeler
Trudy MarshallTrudy MarshallNina
Marc LawrenceMarc LawrenceJohn Mitchell
Whitford KaneWhitford KaneMax Steele
Benny BakerBenny BakerLooie
Donald MacBrideDonald MacBrideCrockett
Danny MortonDanny MortonPusher Moore
Vince BarnettVince BarnettRussell
Sarah PaddenSarah PaddenMom Palooka
Clarence MuseClarence MuseSmoky
Chester CluteChester CluteHotel Clerk
Eddie GribbonEddie GribbonCanvasback
James FlavinJames FlavinPoliceman
Ray WalkerRay WalkerReporter

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