
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Comedy · Drama
Overview
The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
Top Cast


Leon Errol
Leon Errol
Knobby Walsh
Leon Errol
Knobby Walsh


Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Joe Palooka
Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Joe Palooka


Morris Carnovsky
Morris Carnovsky
Howard Abbott
Morris Carnovsky
Howard Abbott


Elyse Knox
Elyse Knox
Anne Howe
Elyse Knox
Anne Howe


Billy House
Billy House
Sam Wheeler
Billy House
Sam Wheeler


Trudy Marshall
Trudy Marshall
Nina
Trudy Marshall
Nina


Marc Lawrence
Marc Lawrence
John Mitchell
Marc Lawrence
John Mitchell


Whitford Kane
Whitford Kane
Max Steele
Whitford Kane
Max Steele


Benny Baker
Benny Baker
Looie
Benny Baker
Looie


Donald MacBride
Donald MacBride
Crockett
Donald MacBride
Crockett
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