Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
1946 film by Reginald Le Borg
- Released
- 1946
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Boxing film
- Director
- Reginald LeBorg
- Screenplay
- Cy Endfield
- Producer
- Hal E. Chester
- Music
- Alexander László
- Cinematography
- Benjamin H. Kline
- Editing
- Bernard W. Burton
- Starring
- Elyse Knox, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joe Sawyer, Elisha Cook Jr., Warren Hymer, Sarah Padden, Eddie Gribbon, J. Farrell MacDonald
- Distributor
- Monogram Pictures
- Based on
- Joe Palooka
Joe Palooka, Champ is a 1946 American film featuring the comic-strip boxer Joe Palooka. This film from Monogram Pictures is the beginning of a series with eleven total entries:
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
Leon Errol as Palooka's manager Knobby actually receives top billing in each of the first nine entries. James Gleason replaced Errol in the role for the last two films. Elyse Knox as girlfriend Ann Howe is replaced by various actresses in the role after the first eight films. Also debuting as series regulars in this film (seen in about half the series) were Sarah Padden and Michael Mark as Joe's Mom and Pop. Joe Kirkwood Jr. plays Joe Palooka in all eleven films.
Cast
- Elyse Knox
- Eduardo Ciannelli
- Joe Sawyer
- Elisha Cook Jr.
- Warren Hymer
- Sarah Padden
- Eddie Gribbon
- J. Farrell MacDonald
- Emmett Vogan
- Jeff Corey
- Pat Flaherty
- Jack Chefe
- Johnny Mack Brown
- Charles Williams
- Frank O'Connor
- Fred Aldrich
- Bob Reeves
- Philip Van Zandt
More films directed by Reginald LeBorg
- Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad 1947
- Joe Palooka in the Knockout 1947
- Fighting Fools 1949
- Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch 1949
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q6211686 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.