The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career searching for his parents, so Murphy hires two jailbirds to play his long lost parents to keep him in the ring.
Director: Lewis Seiler
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Pat O'Brien as William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy |
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Wayne Morris as Homer Baston |
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Joan Blondell as Doris Harvey |
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May Robson as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell |
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Jane Wyman as Marian Bronson |
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Stanley Fields as Muscles Malone |
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Maxie Rosenbloom as Curley Bender |
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Sidney Toler as Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson |
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Edward Brophy as Eddie Black |
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Ward Bond as Ladislaw Klewicki |
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Boxer |
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Loia Cheaney as Bronson's Maid |
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Winifred Harris as Mrs. Bronson |
| Directing | Lewis Seiler | Director |
| Writing | Richard Macaulay | Writer |
| Writing | Dalton Trumbo | Story |
| Writing | Jerry Wald | Writer |
| Camera | Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jack Killifer | Editor |
| Sound | Adolph Deutsch | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Howard Shoup | Costume Design |
| Production | Samuel Bischoff | Producer |
| Art | John Hughes | Art Direction |