Movie: Palooka from Paducah

Top 6 Billed Cast

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton

Jim Diltz

Myra Keaton
Myra Keaton

Ma Diltz

Joe Keaton
Joe Keaton

Pa Diltz

Louise Keaton
Louise Keaton

Sis Diltz

Dewey Robinson
Dewey Robinson

Elmer Diltz

Bull Montana
Bull Montana

Bullfrog Kraus

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    A hillbilly family, hard-hit by the end of Prohibition, decide to set the biggest brother up as a professional wrestler.

  • Release Date

    1935-01-11

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