Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)
Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.
Top billed cast
Joe Kirkwood Jr.Joe Palooka
James GleasonKnobby Walsh
Lois HallAnne Howe Palooka
Edgar BarrierDist. Atty. Michael Brogden
Myrna DellSandra Reed
Robert CooganHumphrey Pennyworth
Dan SeymourCharlie Crawford
Charles HaltonMerkle - the Shyster
Frank JenksLooie - a Trainer
Greg McClurePete Muske
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