1946
After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits small town boy Joe Palooka to take his place. First in the series.
Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.
Director: Reginald Le Borg
Writers: Cy Endfield, Albert DePina, Ham Fisher
Leon Errol
Knobby Walsh
Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Joe Palooka
Elyse Knox
Anne Howe
Eduardo Ciannelli
Florini
Joe Sawyer
Lefty
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eugene
Warren Hymer
Ira Eyler
Robert Kent
Ronnie Brewster
Sarah Padden
Mom Palooka
Joe Louis
Himself
Sam McDaniel
Smoky
J. Farrell MacDonald
Long-Count Bowman
Betty Blythe
Mrs. Stafford
Carol Hughes
Mrs. Van Pragg
Eddie Gribbon
Louie, the Louisiana Lion
Manuel Ángeles Ortiz
Manuel Ortiz
Henry Armstrong
Henry Armstrong
Jo Ann Marlowe
Rosie Palooka
