After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits small town boy Joe Palooka to take his place. First in the series.
Leon Errol
as Knobby Walsh
Joe Kirkwood Jr.
as Joe Palooka
Elyse Knox
as Anne Howe
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Florini
Joe Sawyer
as Lefty
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Eugene
Warren Hymer
as Ira Eyler
Robert Kent
as Ronnie Brewster
Sarah Padden
as Mom Palooka
Joe Louis
as Himself
Sam McDaniel
as Smoky
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Long-Count Bowman
