Joe Palooka in Triple Cross

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Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
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Theatrical poster
Directed by Reginald LeBorg
Screenplay byJan Jeffery
Story byB.F. Melzer
Based onJoe Palooka
by Ham Fisher
Produced by Hal E. Chester
Starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
James Gleason
Cathy Downs
John Emery
Steve Brodie
Cinematography William A. Sickner
Music by Darrell Calker
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • September 11, 1951 (1951-09-11)(Los Angeles) [1]
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Joe Palooka in Triple Cross is a 1951 American film in the Joe Palooka series. The film was directed by Reginald Le Borg and stars Joe Kirkwood Jr. in the title role. [2]

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Plot

After championship boxer Joe Palooka, his wife Anne and trainer Knobby stop for gas, they agree to take three hitchhikers whom they later discover are fugitives. Their leader is known as the Professor and his top henchman is Dutch, who is disguised as a woman.

While holding Ann hostage, the Professor orders Joe to throw his next fight while Knobby places a $100,000 bet on his foe. Dutch, carrying a gun, sits ringside, again dressed as a woman, to ensure that Joe follows his orders.

Knocked from the ring, Joe lands at Dutch's feet and exposes his true identity. Joe jumps back into the ring and flattens his opponent, retaining his title. [3]

Cast

Release

The film opened in Los Angeles at Loew's State Theatre on September 11, 1951 as the second feature to Angels in the Outfield . [1]

Reception

Film historian Wheeler W. Dixon calls the film “a credible, if minor addition” to the Joe Palooka film series. [4]

Director Reginald LeBorg, on completing Joe Palooka and the Triple Cross, his final Joe Palooka film, said: “[I]t was becoming almost as much of a trap as the horror movies.” [5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Schallert, Edwin (1951-09-12). "'Angels in the Outfield' Unique in Fantasy Realm". Los Angeles Times . p. 8, Part III.
  2. ↑ Dixon, 1992 p. 148-149: Directorial Credits
  3. ↑ Dixon, 1992 p. 31: Plot sketch
  4. ↑ Dixon, 1992 p. 31
  5. ↑ Dixon, 1992 p. 31

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