Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Joe Palooka in the Knockout is a 1947 American film. It was part of the Joe Palooka series from Monogram Pictures starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as the boxer and Leon Errol as his manager. This film co-also featured Trudy Marshall and was directed by Reginald Le Borg.
Plot
A distraught Joe Palooka doesn't want to fight any more after believing he killed an opponent in the ring. Joe doesn't know that gamblers John Mitchell and Howard Abbott conspired to drug the victim by blackmailing his manager, Max Steele, who unwittingly caused the boxer's death.
Joe's manager Knobby Walsh and a pal, Sam "Glass Jaw" Wheeler, fail to console Joe, but the dead boxer's fiancee, singer Nina Carroll, explains to Joe how he wasn't responsible. Joe proceeds to help police investigate the crime. It turns out Sam is actually an undercover cop.
A furious Max ends up killing Mitchell out of revenge. Nightclub owner Abbott, after hiring Nina to sing, plots to have Joe killed in his upcoming bout by once again using a poisoned mouthguard. Knobby and a helpful dog save Joe just in time.
Cast
- Leon Errol as Knobby
- Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka
- Sarah Padden as Ma Palooka
- Marc Lawrence as Mitchell
- Trudy Marshall as Nina
- Whitford Kane as Steele
- Billy House as Sam
- Morris Carnovsky as Abbott
- Donald MacBride as Crockett
- Ray Walker as Reporter