Joe Palooka, Champ

Joe Palooka, Champ
Directed by	Reginald Le Borg
Produced by	Hal E. Chester
Written by	Cy Endfield Albert DePina Hal E. Chester
Music by	Alexander Laszlo
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	Bernard W. Burton
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release dates	May 28, 1946
Running time	70 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Joe Palooka, Champ is a 1946 American film featuring the popular comic-strip boxer Joe Palooka. This film is the beginning of a series of eleven sequels from Monogram:

• Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)
• Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
• Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
• Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
• Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
• Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)
• Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
• Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
• Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)
• Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951)

Cast

• Leon Errol as Knobby Walsh
• Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka
• Elyse Knox as Anne Howe
• Eduardo Ciannelli as Florini
• Joe Sawyer as Lefty
• Elisha Cook, Jr. as Eugene
• Warren Hymer as Ira Eyler
• Robert Kent as Ronnie Brewster
• Sam McDaniel as Smoky
• Sarah Padden as Mom Palooka
• Michael Mark as Pop Palooka
• Dave Willock as Mr. Rodney
• Lou Nova as Al Costa
• Eddie Gribbon as Louie the Louisiana Lion
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Long-Count Bowman

External links

• Joe Palooka, Champ at the Internet Movie Database
• Turner Classic Movies page