
Palooka
Music · Comedy
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
Knobby Walsh
Jimmy Durante
Knobby Walsh


Lupe Vélez
Lupe Vélez
Nina Madero
Lupe Vélez
Nina Madero


Stuart Erwin
Stuart Erwin
Joe Palooka
Stuart Erwin
Joe Palooka


Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Rambeau
Mayme Palooka
Marjorie Rambeau
Mayme Palooka


Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd
Trixie
Thelma Todd
Trixie


Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Pete Palooka
Robert Armstrong
Pete Palooka


Mary Carlisle
Mary Carlisle
Anne Howe
Mary Carlisle
Anne Howe


William Cagney
William Cagney
Al McSwatt
William Cagney
Al McSwatt


Franklyn Ardell
Franklyn Ardell
Doc Wise
Franklyn Ardell
Doc Wise


Tom Dugan
Tom Dugan
Whitey
Tom Dugan
Whitey
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