Joe Palooka, Champ is a 1946 American film featuring the comic-strip boxer Joe Palooka. This film from Monogram Pictures is the beginning of a series with eleven sequels:
- 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)
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| Directed by | Reginald Le Borg |
| Written by | Cy Endfield Albert DePina Hal E. Chester |
| Produced by | Hal E. Chester |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | Bernard W. Burton |
| Music by | Alexander Laszlo |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time | 70 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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
- Joe Louis as Joe Louis
- Manuel Ortiz as Manuel Ortiz
- 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
- Philip Van Zandt as Freddie Wells
- Betty Blythe as Mrs. Stafford
- Carol Hughes as Mrs. Van Pragg
- Dewey Robinson as Police Captain
