Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
OUT OF THE COMICS...INTO YOUR HEART! Everybody's Favorites Brought To Life In A Rousing Action-Romance!
70 min
After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits small town boy Joe Palooka to take his place. First in the series.
- Release date
- May 26, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Leon Errol as Knobby Walsh
- Joe Kirkwood Jr. as Joe Palooka
- Elyse Knox as Anne Howe
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Florini
- Joe Sawyer as Lefty
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Eugene
- Warren Hymer as Ira Eyler
- Robert Kent as Ronnie Brewster
- Sarah Padden as Mom Palooka
- Joe Louis as Joe Louis
Crew
- Reginald LeBorg · Director
- Cy Endfield · Writer
- Albert DePina · Writer
- Hal E. Chester · Writer
- Ham Fisher · Writer
- Hal E. Chester · Producer
- Alexander Laszlo · Composer
- Benjamin H. Kline · Cinematographer
- Bernard W. Burton · Editor