Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
Director:
Reginald Le Borg
Writer:
Nedrick Young
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Leon Errol as Knobby Walsh |
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Joe Kirkwood Jr. as Joe Palooka |
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Morris Carnovsky as Howard Abbott |
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Elyse Knox as Anne Howe |
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Billy House as Sam Wheeler |
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Trudy Marshall as Nina |
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Marc Lawrence as John Mitchell |
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Whitford Kane as Max Steele |
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Benny Baker as Looie |
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Donald MacBride as Crockett |
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Danny Morton as Pusher Moore |
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Vince Barnett as Russell |
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Sarah Padden as Mom Palooka |
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Clarence Muse as Smoky |
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Chester Clute as Hotel Clerk |
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Eddie Gribbon as Canvasback |
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James Flavin as Policeman |
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Ray Walker as Reporter |
| Camera | William A. Sickner | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Reginald Le Borg | Director |
| Writing | Ham Fisher | Characters |
| Writing | Nedrick Young | Screenplay |
