Palooka (1934)
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.
Top billed cast
Jimmy DuranteKnobby Walsh
Lupe VélezNina Madero
Stuart ErwinJoe Palooka
Marjorie RambeauMayme Palooka
Thelma ToddTrixie
Robert ArmstrongPete Palooka
Mary CarlisleAnne Howe
William CagneyAl McSwatt- Franklyn ArdellDoc Wise
Tom DuganWhitey
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