
The Kid from Kokomo
Romance · Comedy
Overview
Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career searching for his parents, so Murphy hires two jailbirds to play his long lost parents to keep him in the ring.
Top Cast


Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien
William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
Pat O'Brien
William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy


Wayne Morris
Wayne Morris
Homer Baston
Wayne Morris
Homer Baston


Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell
Doris Harvey
Joan Blondell
Doris Harvey


May Robson
May Robson
Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
May Robson
Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell


Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
Marian Bronson
Jane Wyman
Marian Bronson


Stanley Fields
Stanley Fields
Muscles Malone
Stanley Fields
Muscles Malone


Maxie Rosenbloom
Maxie Rosenbloom
Curley Bender
Maxie Rosenbloom
Curley Bender


Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler
Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson
Sidney Toler
Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson


Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy
Eddie Black
Edward Brophy
Eddie Black


Ward Bond
Ward Bond
Ladislaw Klewicki
Ward Bond
Ladislaw Klewicki
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