Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle(1950)
JOE MATCHES HIS FISTS...against gangland guns!
Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.
Movie: Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Top 10 Billed Cast
Joe Palooka
Knobby Walsh
Anne Howe Palooka
Dist. Atty. Michael Brogden
Sandra Reed
Humphrey Pennyworth
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