Palooka

Palooka

Palooka

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Palooka

1934

1h 26m

3.6(10 votes)

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Knobby Walsh

Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez

Nina Madero

Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin

Joe Palooka

Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Rambeau

Mayme Palooka

Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

Trixie

Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

Pete Palooka

Mary Carlisle

Mary Carlisle

Anne Howe

William Cagney

William Cagney

Al McSwatt

Franklyn Ardell

Franklyn Ardell

Doc Wise

Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan

Whitey

Creative team

Directed by: Benjamin Stoloff
Written by: Gertrude Purcell
Jack Jevne
Produced by: Edward Small

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