Joe Palooka, Champ

Joe Palooka, Champ is a 1946 American film featuring the comic-strip boxer Joe Palooka. This film from Monogram Pictures is the beginning of a series with eleven sequels:

• Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)
• Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
• Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
• Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
• Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
• Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)
• Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
• Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
• Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)
• Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951)

Joe Palooka, Champ
Directed by	Reginald Le Borg
Written by	Cy Endfield Albert DePina Hal E. Chester
Produced by	Hal E. Chester
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	Bernard W. Burton
Music by	Alexander Laszlo
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	May 28, 1946 (1946-05-28)
Running time	70 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Leon Errol as Knobby Walsh
• Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka
• Elyse Knox as Anne Howe
• Eduardo Ciannelli as Florini
• Joe Sawyer as Lefty
• Elisha Cook, Jr. as Eugene
• Warren Hymer as Ira Eyler
• Robert Kent as Ronnie Brewster
• Sam McDaniel as Smoky
• Sarah Padden as Mom Palooka
• Joe Louis as Joe Louis
• Manuel Ortiz as Manuel Ortiz
• Michael Mark as Pop Palooka
• Dave Willock as Mr. Rodney
• Lou Nova as Al Costa
• Eddie Gribbon as Louie the Louisiana Lion
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Long-Count Bowman
• Philip Van Zandt as Freddie Wells
• Betty Blythe as Mrs. Stafford
• Carol Hughes as Mrs. Van Pragg
• Dewey Robinson as Police Captain

External links

• Joe Palooka, Champ at IMDb
• Turner Classic Movies page