Movie: Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Top 10 Billed Cast

Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Joe Palooka

Leon Errol
Leon Errol

Knobby Walsh

Elyse Knox
Elyse Knox

Anne Howe

John Hubbard
John Hubbard

Charles Kennedy

Patricia Dane
Patricia Dane

Iris March

Charles Cane
Charles Cane

George Wendell

Wally Vernon
Wally Vernon

Archie Stone

Frank Hyers
Frank Hyers

Ralph

Jack Shea
Jack Shea

Jeff Lundy

Jack Roper
Jack Roper

Waldo

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    Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.

  • Release Date

    1948-02-07

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    6

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    English
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