CinemaOSMovie · 1947 · 1h 12m · NR

Joe Palooka in the Knockout

Joe kayoes a gambling gang in his third big film hit!

80%(2)IMDbComedyDrama

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.

Directed byReginald Le Borg

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 12m
Language
EN
Released
September 20, 1947
Studios
Monogram Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Leon Errol

Leon Errol

Knobby Walsh

Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Joe Palooka

Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

Howard Abbott

Elyse Knox

Elyse Knox

Anne Howe

Billy House

Billy House

Sam Wheeler

Trudy Marshall

Trudy Marshall

Nina

Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence

John Mitchell

Whitford Kane

Whitford Kane

Max Steele

Benny Baker

Benny Baker

Looie

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

Crockett

Creative team
Directed by
Reginald Le Borg
Reginald Le Borg
Written by
Nedrick Young
Nedrick Young

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