Gentleman Joe Palooka

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Gentleman Joe Palooka
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Directed by Cy Endfield
Screenplay byCy Endfield
Hal E. Chester
Based on Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher
Produced byHal E. Chester
Starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
Leon Errol
Elyse Knox
Cinematography William A. Sickner
Edited byRalph Dixon
Music by Edward J. Kay
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • October 5, 1946 (1946-10-05)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gentleman Joe Palooka is a 1946 American comedy action film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Leon Errol and Elyse Knox. It was the second of the Joe Palooka series which was made by Monogram Pictures. [1]

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Plot

The prizefighter Joe Palooka's popularity soars after his manager, Knobby Walsh, explains to reporters how "clean living" is responsible for Joe's success. The public is pleased with a hero who believes in drinking milk.

Joe's rich and unscrupulous Uncle Charlie sees a way to capitalize on Joe's good fortune. He schemes to make a land purchase, trading on Joe's good name, then blackmails Joe and Knobby once they figure out how they're being used. Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe tries to intervene as a legislative investigation of the land swindle begins, and Joe outfoxes thugs employed by Charlie to get to the hearings just in time and clear his name.

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References

  1. Vogel p.192

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