Palooka

1934 Comedy Music

Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.

Cast

ActorRole
Jimmy Durante Knobby Walsh
Lupe Vélez Nina Madero
Stuart Erwin Joe Palooka
Marjorie Rambeau Mayme Palooka
Thelma Todd Trixie
Robert Armstrong Pete Palooka
Mary Carlisle Anne Howe
William Cagney Al McSwatt
Franklyn Ardell Doc Wise
Tom Dugan Whitey
Louise Beavers Crystal
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Smokey (as Snowflake)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Slats (uncredited)

Crew

RoleName
Screenplay Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Jack Jevne
Director Benjamin Stoloff
Producer Edward Small

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