Gentleman Joe Palooka

Gentleman Joe Palooka is a 1946 American comedy action film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Leon Errol and Elyse Knox. It was the second of the Joe Palooka series which was made by Monogram Pictures.

Plot
The prizefighter Joe Palooka's popularity soars after his manager, Knobby Walsh, explains to reporters how "clean living" is responsible for Joe's success. The public is pleased with a hero who believes in drinking milk.

Joe's rich and unscrupulous Uncle Charlie sees a way to capitalize on Joe's good fortune. He schemes to make a land purchase, trading on Joe's good name, then blackmails Joe and Knobby once they figure out how they're being used. Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe tries to intervene as a legislative investigation of the land swindle begins, and Joe outfoxes thugs employed by Charlie to get to the hearings just in time and clear his name.

Cast

 * Leon Errol as Knobby
 * Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka
 * Elyse Knox as Anne
 * Lionel Stander as Harry
 * Guy Kibbee as Charlie
 * H.B. Warner as 	Sen. McCarden
 * Stanley Prager as 	Rapadsky
 * Warren Hymer as Louie - Sparring Partner
 * Richard Lane as	Phillips
 * Cliff Nazarro as 	First Character
 * Fritz Feld as 	Club Steward
 * Sarah Padden as Mom Palooka
 * Louis Jean Heydt as 	Chairman
 * Freddie Steele as 	Freddie Steele
 * Tom Harmon as 	Tommy Harmon
 * Roy Atwell as 	Senator Sam H. Smiley
 * Ian Wolfe as 	Editor W.W. Dwight
 * Sam McDaniel as 	Smoky - Second
 * Eddie Gribbon as 	Ziggy - Sparring Partner
 * Marie Blake as 	Maid
 * Jack Roper as Waldo - Sparring Partner
 * Roger Daniel as 	Steve Palooka
 * Dick Fishell as 	Dick Fishell - Sportswriter