Joe Palooka, Champ

"OUT OF THE COMICS...INTO YOUR HEART! Everybody's Favorites Brought To Life In A Rousing Action-Romance!"

1946 1h 10m EN

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BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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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.

“OUT OF THE COMICS...INTO YOUR HEART! Everybody's Favorites Brought To Life In A Rousing Action-Romance!”

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Cast

Leon Errol
Knobby Walsh
Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Joe Palooka
Elyse Knox
Anne Howe
Eduardo Ciannelli
Florini
Joe Sawyer
Lefty
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eugene
Warren Hymer
Ira Eyler
Robert Kent
Ronnie Brewster

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Reginald Le Borg
Writers: Cy Endfield, Albert DePina
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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80 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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CAST

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Leon Errol and Joe Kirkwood Jr. and Elyse Knox carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "OUT OF THE COMICS...INTO YOUR HEART! Everybody's Favorites Brought To Life In A Rousing Action-Romance!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0038655 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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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.

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1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
280 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Joe Palooka series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Leon Errol and Joe Kirkwood Jr. and Elyse Knox carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "OUT OF THE COMICS...INTO YOUR HEART! Everybody's Favorites Brought To Life In A Rousing Action-Romance!".
6IMDB entry: tt0038655 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.