Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle

"JOE MATCHES HIS FISTS...against gangland guns!"

1950 1h 3m EN

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

Crime

Synopsis

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Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.

“JOE MATCHES HIS FISTS...against gangland guns!”

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Cast

Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Joe Palooka
James Gleason
Knobby Walsh
Lois Hall
Anne Howe Palooka
Edgar Barrier
Dist. Atty. Michael Brogden
Myrna Dell
Sandra Reed
Robert Coogan
Humphrey Pennyworth
Dan Seymour
Charlie Crawford
Charles Halton
Merkle - the Shyster

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Reginald Le Borg
Writers: B.F. Melzer, Henry Blankfort
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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76 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Joe Palooka series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Joe Kirkwood Jr. and James Gleason and Lois Hall carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "JOE MATCHES HIS FISTS...against gangland guns!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0042617 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Reginald Le Borg directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
276 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Joe Palooka series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Joe Kirkwood Jr. and James Gleason and Lois Hall carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "JOE MATCHES HIS FISTS...against gangland guns!".
7IMDB entry: tt0042617 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.