Palooka

Jan 26, 1934

1h 26m

★ 3.0

Overview

Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

United Artists

Edward Small Productions

Palooka Trailers

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Cast

Knobby Walsh

Jimmy Durante

Nina Madero

Lupe Vélez

Joe Palooka

Stuart Erwin

Mayme Palooka

Marjorie Rambeau

Trixie

Thelma Todd

Pete Palooka

Robert Armstrong

Anne Howe

Mary Carlisle

Al McSwatt

William Cagney

Doc Wise

Franklyn Ardell

Whitey

Tom Dugan

Crystal

Louise Beavers

Smokey (as Snowflake)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

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