18 Oct 1955
The Battler
Wandering around America, young Nick Adams encounters a washed-up punch-drunk boxer known as "The Battler".
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Joe kayoes a gambling gang in his third big film hit!
The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
Top Billed Cast
Leon Errol Knobby Walsh
Joe Kirkwood Jr. Joe Palooka
Morris Carnovsky Howard Abbott
Elyse Knox Anne Howe
Billy House Sam Wheeler
Trudy Marshall Nina
Marc Lawrence John Mitchell
Whitford Kane Max Steele
Benny Baker Looie
Donald MacBride Crockett
Danny Morton Pusher Moore
Vince Barnett Russell
Sarah Padden Mom Palooka
Clarence Muse Smoky
Chester Clute Hotel Clerk
Eddie Gribbon Canvasback
James Flavin Policeman
Ray Walker Reporter
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