Palooka from Paducah

A hillbilly family, hard-hit by the end of Prohibition, decide to set the biggest brother up as a professional wrestler.

Cast

Buster Keaton

as Jim Diltz

Joe Keaton

as Pa Diltz

Myra Keaton

as Ma Diltz

Louise Keaton

as Sis Diltz

Dewey Robinson

as Elmer Diltz

Bull Montana

as Bullfrog Kraus

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