Palooka (film)
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Promotional poster for the film.
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| Directed by | Benjamin Stoloff |
| Produced by |
Edward Small Harry M. Goetz |
| Written by |
Ham Fisher (comic strip) Jack Jevne (screenplay) Arthur Kober (screenplay) Gertrude Purcell (screenplay) Murray Roth (additional dialogue) Ben Ryan (additional dialogue) |
| Starring |
Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Grant Whytock |
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Production
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Reliance Picture Corporation
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| Distributed by |
United Artists Astor Pictures(1941 rerelease) |
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Release date
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Running time
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86 minutes 65 minutes (re-release in USA) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Palooka is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff starring Jimmy Durante and based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. The movie was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan from the comic strip.
The film is also known as The Great Schnozzle in the United Kingdom.
Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) is a naive young man whose father Pete (Robert Armstrong) was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme (Marjorie Rambeau) to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him. But when a shady boxing manager (Jimmy Durante) discovers Joe's natural boxing talent, Joe decides to follow him to the big city, where he becomes a champion and begins to follow his father's path of debauchery, much of it including the glamorous cabaret singer and fortune hunter Nina Madero (Lupe Vélez). The film also stars William Cagney, the younger brother of actor James Cagney in the role of the adversary prize fighter to Knobby. Finally his mother comes to the city to look after things ...
The film was the second movie Edward Small made under an agreement with United Artists. Small bought the rights to the song "Inka Dinka Doo" specifically for the movie.
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