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Palooka
Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
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Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hal E. Chester story
Albert DePina (as Albert de Pina)
Cy Endfield (as Cyril Endfield)
Ham Fisher characters
Boxing cast
Leon Errol .... Knobby Walsh
Joe Kirkwood Jr. .... Joe Palooka
Eduardo Ciannelli .... Florini (Hood and manager stole Al Costa from Walsh)
Elisha Cook Jr. .... Eugene
Warren Hymer .... Ira Eyler
Sam McDaniel .... Smoky (handler for Walsh)
Lou Nova .... Al Costa
Eddie Gribbon .... Louie, the Louisiana Lion
J. Farrell MacDonald .... Long-Count Bowman
John Kelly .... Sam
Roger Daniel .... Stevie Palooka
Sam Hayes .... Radio Announcer
Dick Fishell .... Radio Announcer
Philip Van Zandt .... Freddie Wells (as Phil Van Zandt)
Emmett Vogan .... Fight Commissioner
Michael Mark .... Herman (Pop) Palooka
Joe Louis .... Himself
Henry Armstrong .... Himself
Ceferino García .... Himself
Manuel Ángeles Ortiz .... Himself (as Manuel Ortiz)
Jimmy McLarnin .... Himself - Referee
Jack Roper .... Waldo, the Wyoming Wildcat
Alexander Laszlo .... Aladar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Danning .... Punchy (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty .... Patrick Burke, Referee (uncredited)
John Indrisano .... Fight Referee (uncredited)
Pat McKee .... Franki Altri's Handler (uncredited)
Bob Perry .... Timekeeper (uncredited)
fight manager and promoter Knobby Walsh (Leon Errol) trains Al Costa (Lou Nova) to fight for the heavyweight championship, but gangster Florini (Eduardo Ciannelli), with the help of his henchmen, Lefty (Joe Sawyer) and Curly (Russ Vincent), takes the budding champion away from him. Knobby begins the search for a new fighter by taking four fighters and handler Smoky (Sam McDaniel) on a tour of tank towns. He finds Joe Palooka (Joe Kirkwood), a natural boxer, in a small town. Anne Howe (Elyse Knox), a society girl passing through town, helps persuade the shy-and-gentle farm boy to sign a contract with Knobby. Joe wins a string of sensational matches and, while training for the championship match with the recently-crowned champion Costa, Anne invites him to a party where her snobby society friend Ronnie Brewster (Robert Kent) makes a fool of Joe. The latter's training suffers as a result of this and estrangements from Knobby and Anne, but he rebuffs the efforts of Florini to get him to throw the fight.
Al Costa HW S10
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