Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle

Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.

Cast

Joe Kirkwood Jr.

as Joe Palooka

James Gleason

as Knobby Walsh

Lois Hall

as Anne Howe Palooka

Edgar Barrier

as Dist. Atty. Michael Brogden

Myrna Dell

as Sandra Reed

Robert Coogan

as Humphrey Pennyworth

Dan Seymour

as Charlie Crawford

Charles Halton

as Merkle - the Shyster

Frank Jenks

as Looie - a Trainer

Greg McClure

as Pete Muske

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