Palooka

Palooka is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Stuart Erwin in the title role, Lupe Velez and Jimmy Durante, and based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. The film was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan from the comic strip. The film is also known as The Great Schnozzle in the United Kingdom. The film also stars William Cagney, the younger brother of actor James Cagney in the role of the adversary prize fighter to Knobby.

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Release date:: 1934
Director:: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast:: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong
Genre:: Boxing
Country:: United States
Language:: English
Year page:: 1934 in adaptations