Joe Palooka, Champ

Joe Palooka, Champ
Directed byReginald LeBorg
Written byCy Endfield
Albert DePina
Hal E. Chester
Produced byHal E. Chester
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Edited byBernard W. Burton
Music byAlexander Laszlo
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • May 28, 1946 (1946-05-28)
Running time
70 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 total entries:

Leon Errol as Palooka's manager Knobby actually receives top billing in each of the first nine entries. James Gleason replaced Errol in the role for the last two films. Elyse Knox as girlfriend Ann Howe is replaced by various actresses in the role after the first eight films. Also debuting as series regulars in this film (seen in about half the series) were Sarah Padden and Michael Mark as Joe's Mom and Pop. Joe Kirkwood Jr. plays Joe Palooka in all eleven films.

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