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Gentleman Joe Palooka is a 1946 American comedy action film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Leon Errol and Elyse Knox. It was the second of the Joe Palooka series which was made by Monogram Pictures.
Gentleman Joe Palooka: Directed by Cy Endfield. With Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Guy Kibbee, Elyse Knox. In the second film of Monogram's "Joe Palooka" series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the state, supposedly for a park.
Joe Palooka is an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930 and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. It was cancelled in 1984.
When Joe learns that he has been used as a dupe, he becomes disillusioned and leaves the prize-fighting profession, but his manager, sparring partners, and fiancée manage to expose the land-grab scheme, clear Joe's name, and discredit the crooked politicians.
Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Synopsis. As a guest at the Annual Sports Writers Banquet toasting his boxer, Joe Palooka, manager Knobby Walsh tells Bill Becker and Frank Neil the story behind Joe's success: Some years earlier, following Joe's knock-out victory over the previous boxing champ, Knobby tells reporters that the secret to Joe's success is "clean living."
Championship boxer Joe Palooka is a publicist’s nightmare (too virtuous!) but a boon to scheming politicians who finagle Joe's endorsement of a land-use scheme that cloaks their actual corrupt designs.
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