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Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)

Overview

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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Reginald Le Borg profile
Reginald Le Borg

Director

Nedrick Young profile
Nedrick Young

Screenplay

Cast

Leon Errol profile
Leon Errol

Knobby Walsh

Joe Kirkwood Jr. profile
Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Joe Palooka

Morris Carnovsky profile
Morris Carnovsky

Howard Abbott

Elyse Knox profile
Elyse Knox

Anne Howe

Billy House profile
Billy House

Sam Wheeler

Trudy Marshall profile
Trudy Marshall

Nina

Marc Lawrence profile
Marc Lawrence

John Mitchell

Whitford Kane profile
Whitford Kane

Max Steele

Benny Baker profile
Benny Baker

Looie

Donald MacBride profile
Donald MacBride

Crockett

Danny Morton profile
Danny Morton

Pusher Moore

Vince Barnett profile
Vince Barnett

Russell

Leon Errol profile
Leon Errol

Knobby Walsh

Joe Kirkwood Jr. profile
Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Joe Palooka

Morris Carnovsky profile
Morris Carnovsky

Howard Abbott

Elyse Knox profile
Elyse Knox

Anne Howe

Billy House profile
Billy House

Sam Wheeler

Trudy Marshall profile
Trudy Marshall

Nina

Marc Lawrence profile
Marc Lawrence

John Mitchell

Whitford Kane profile
Whitford Kane

Max Steele

Benny Baker profile
Benny Baker

Looie

Donald MacBride profile
Donald MacBride

Crockett

Danny Morton profile
Danny Morton

Pusher Moore

Vince Barnett profile
Vince Barnett

Russell

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Release Date

September 20, 1947

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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