Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
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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Cast
Chester Clute
as Hotel Clerk
James Flavin
as Policeman
Morris Carnovsky
as Howard Abbott
Marc Lawrence
as John Mitchell
Whitford Kane
as Max Steele
Billy House
as Sam Wheeler
Donald MacBride
as Crockett
Eddie Gribbon
as Canvasback
Joe Kirkwood Jr.
as Joe Palooka
Elyse Knox
as Anne Howe
Benny Baker
as Looie
Clarence Muse
as Smoky
Ray Walker
as Reporter
Leon Errol
as Knobby Walsh
Trudy Marshall
as Nina
Danny Morton
as Pusher Moore
Vince Barnett
as Russell
Sarah Padden
as Mom Palooka
