Joe Palooka in the Knockout

Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1947-09-20
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 12min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Monogram Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Reginald Le Borg
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Summary

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.

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  • Leon Errol

    as Knobby Walsh
  • Joe Kirkwood Jr.

    as Joe Palooka
  • Morris Carnovsky

    as Howard Abbott
  • Elyse Knox

    as Anne Howe
  • Billy House

    as Sam Wheeler
  • Trudy Marshall

    as Nina
  • Marc Lawrence

    as John Mitchell
  • Whitford Kane

    as Max Steele
  • Benny Baker

    as Looie
  • Donald MacBride

    as Crockett
  • Danny Morton

    as Pusher Moore
  • Vince Barnett

    as Russell
  • Sarah Padden

    as Mom Palooka
  • Clarence Muse

    as Smoky
  • Chester Clute

    as Hotel Clerk
  • Eddie Gribbon

    as Canvasback
  • James Flavin

    as Policeman
  • Ray Walker

    as Reporter
Camera William A. Sickner Director of Photography
Writing Nedrick Young Screenplay
Writing Ham Fisher Characters
Directing Reginald Le Borg Director

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