Joe Palooka

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1934 Pre-Code comedy directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Stuart Erwin, Lupe Velez, Jimmy Durante, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle, Thelma Todd and Louise Beavers. Based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher.

Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) is a naive young fellow whose dad was a champion boxer, but his rough, smarmy lifestyle caused Joe's mother to leave with the kid. But…! when an equally smarmy boxing manager (Jimmy Durante) discovers Joe's natural boxing talent, Joe decides to follow him to the big city, where he becomes a champion…

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