Palooka (1934)
1934 · Feature film · 86 min · dir. Benjamin Stoloff
- Music
- Comedy
Synopsis
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Benjamin Stoloff
- Writer
- Gertrude Purcell
- Cinematography
- Arthur Edeson
- Studio
- United Artists, Edward Small Productions
- Released
- 1934-01-26
- Series
- Joe Palooka series
- Running time
- 86 minutes
Cast & crew
- Benjamin Stoloff Director
Jimmy Durante
Lupe Vélez
Stuart Erwin
Marjorie Rambeau
Thelma Todd
Robert Armstrong
Mary Carlisle
William Cagney
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · good movie · lurchthing · 2008-04-09
this is a nice way to burn some time what a classic movie
★★★★ · Fabulous Flic!! · The Bryson Bandit · 2009-05-28
Take an hour & a half and watch this film. Great acting & look twice @ Cagney....spitting image of his brother. A really enjoyable film from the era when movies were made for fun!!
★★★★ · entertaining. · flickfdude · 2008-03-13
The first palookas wife was a nice charachter. Durante is fine too.
