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Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

JOE'S PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE...IN A Streamlined PACKAGE! What thrills...when he tangles with international crooks...while a sultry beauty tries to wreck his romance!

Part of Joe Palooka series

1949•1h 14m
ActionComedyCrimeMystery

Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.

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Production

Monogram Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Leon Errol

Leon Errol

Knobby Walsh

Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Joe Palooka

Elyse Knox

Elyse Knox

Anne Howe

Marcel Journet

Marcel Journet

Anton Kindel

Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan

Myra Madison

Harry Lewis

Harry Lewis

Chick Bennett

Frank Sully

Frank Sully

Looie

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

Professor Lilliquist

Sam Hayes

Sam Hayes

Fight Announcer

Walter Sande

Walter Sande

Austin

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Captain Lance

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Thurston

Eddie Gribbon

Eddie Gribbon

Canvasback

Sonny Chorre

Angelo Cardona

Ralph Graves

Ralph Graves

Dr. Colman

Martín Garralaga

Martín Garralaga

Announcer

Roland Dupree

Roland Dupree

Bellboy

Gertrude Messinger

Gertrude Messinger

Nurse

John Hart

John Hart

Pedro

Robert Conway

Robert Conway

Steward

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