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The Kid from Kokomo(1939)
Status: Released
Date: 1939-05-23
65%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
Slaphappy Fun... as a strong country boy (Kid Galahad) who was fighting for the world's championship and a shoplifting mammy! Hilarious comedy! A laff-a-minute!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: The Kid from Kokomo
Top 10 Billed Cast
Pat O'Brien
William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
Wayne Morris
Homer Baston
Joan Blondell
Doris Harvey
May Robson
Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
Jane Wyman
Marian Bronson
Stanley Fields
Muscles Malone
Maxie Rosenbloom
Curley Bender
Sidney Toler
Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson
Edward Brophy
Eddie Black
Ward Bond
Ladislaw Klewicki
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1939-05-23
Average
6.5
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
Slaphappy Fun... as a strong country boy (Kid Galahad) who was fighting for the world's championship and a shoplifting mammy! Hilarious comedy! A laff-a-minute!
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