Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)
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Joe Kirkwood Jr. once more plays Ham Fisher's comic-strip creation Joe Palooka. This time around, Joe's faithful girl Ann Howe is essayed by Lois Hall, while James Gleason replaces Leon Errol in the role of Joe's manager Knobby Walsh. The story gets under way when soft-hearted pugilist Palooka witnesses a gangland rubout. Joe is all for testifying, but the police can do nothing: the body has disappeared, and all evidence has been destroyed. Even so, Joe publicly identifies the killers, leading to any number of perilous situations. The climax borrows heavily from the 1944 thriller Murder My Sweet, with a doped-up Joe suffering hallucinations in the boxing ring. Joe's pal Humphrey Pennyworth is played by Robert Coogan, a little chubbier than he was when last we saw him in Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Joe Kirkwood, Jr. - Joe Palooka
- Edgar Barrier - Brogden
- Robert Coogan - Humphrey Pennyworth
- Charles Halton - Merkle
- Eddie Gribbon - Canvas
- John Harmon - Phillips
- Sue Carlton - Felice
- Stanley Prager - TV Announcer
- John Merrick - Tiny
- James Gleason - Knobby Walsh
- Hal Baylor - Pinky Thompson
- Lois Hall - Anne Howe
- Myrna Dell - Sandra
- Dan Seymour - Crawford
- Frank Jenks - Looie
- Robert Griffin - Debo
- Jack Roper - Gunsel
- William Haade - Bubbles
- Mervin Williams - 2nd Reporter
- Paul Bryar - Roderick
- Greg McClure - Pete
- Director(s):
- Reginald Le Borg
- Writer(s):
- Jan Jeffrey
- Producer(s):
- Hal E. Chester
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