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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

  • 19481948
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  • 1h 4m
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6.2/10
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William Frawley, Joe Kirkwood Jr., and Elyse Knox in Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
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Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
34
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
489,066
119,048
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    • Director
      • Reginald Le Borg
    • Writers
      • Stanley Rubin(screenplay)
      • Monte Collins(additional dialogue)
      • Ham Fisher(based on characters created by)
    • Stars
      • Joe Kirkwood Jr.
      • Elyse Knox
      • William Frawley
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    • Director
      • Reginald Le Borg
    • Writers
      • Stanley Rubin(screenplay)
      • Monte Collins(additional dialogue)
      • Ham Fisher(based on characters created by)
    • Stars
      • Joe Kirkwood Jr.
      • Elyse Knox
      • William Frawley
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    Joe Kirkwood Jr.
    Joe Kirkwood Jr.
    • Joe Palooka
    • (as Joe Kirkwood)
    Elyse Knox
    Elyse Knox
    • Anne Howe
    William Frawley
    William Frawley
    • Knobby Walsh
    Stanley Clements
    Stanley Clements
    • Tommy Malone
    John Shelton
    John Shelton
    • Greg Tanner
    Mary Beth Hughes
    Mary Beth Hughes
    • Millie
    Sheldon Leonard
    Sheldon Leonard
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    Frank Jenks
    Frank Jenks
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    Lyle Talbot
    Lyle Talbot
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    Hal Baylor
    Hal Baylor
    • Sammy Talbot
    • (as Hal Fieberling)
    William Ruhl
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    • Director
      • Reginald Le Borg
    • Writers
      • Stanley Rubin(screenplay)
      • Monte Collins(additional dialogue)
      • Ham Fisher(based on characters created by)
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    4/10
    Joe takes care of a 22 year-old 'boy' and gamblers try to manipulate the odds.
    Leon Errol played Joe Palooka's manager, Knobby. However, inexplicably, he's been replaced in "Joe Palooka in WInner Take All" with William Frawley. And, for some reason, Errol's back for most of the rest of the Joe Palooka movies. Now I can easy forgive him for not finishing the series, as he died before they filmed the final movie, but why did Frawley play Knobby in this one in particular? I have no idea.

    The premise for "Joe Palooka in Winner Take All" is kind of dumb. One of Joe's friends is overseas and he asks Joe to watch his son. This 'son' turns out to be fully grown...not the baby Joe anticipated. However, having Stanley Clements (soon to replace Leo Gorcey in the Bowery Boys films) playing a 'kid' is ridiculous since he's 22 years-old and seeing him with lots of kids at a birthday party just seems creepy.

    In addition to dealing with the 'kid', the plot involves crooks trying to influence the odds as well as outcomes of Joe's fights. Later, after several unsuccessful tried, the enlist the help of the 'boy'.

    I agree with the summary on IMDB that says that there's more actual boxing than plot. Also, Clements was just all wrong for the part--a part that should have, perhaps, gone to a 12 year-old!! Overall, an odd misfire....and I STILL would love to know why Frawley starred as Knobby. Perhaps Errol was sick?
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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Joe Named Palooka
    • Production company
      • Monogram Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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