Palooka
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36% Critic Match

Palooka

3.6 / 10 1934 1h 26mNR English
MusicComedy

Storyline

Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.

Cast & Crew

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Knobby Walsh

Lead
Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez

Nina Madero

Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin

Joe Palooka

Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Rambeau

Mayme Palooka

Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

Trixie

Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

Pete Palooka

Mary Carlisle

Mary Carlisle

Anne Howe

William Cagney

William Cagney

Al McSwatt

What People Are Saying

2.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Benjamin Stoloff's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Palooka is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker