Product Details

• Actors: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez
• Directors: Benjamin Stoloff
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Miracle Pictures
• DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00029J29Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,085 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Knobby Walsh discovers Joe Palooka on a farm, and decides to make him a world champion. The road to fame, although hilarious, is far from smooth. Fast punches, fast women and fast jokes cascade on the loveable Palooka. The Runyonesque characters in and around the ring, provide the color unique to the boxing world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PALOOKA!!!!!, May 10, 2009

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larryj1 (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joe Palooka (DVD)

This is one of my favorite films. The 30's music and the fantastic cast make this such a gem of a film. It's unfortunate there are nothing but public domain copies. I have the disc from Miracle Pictures and it's probably comparable with the others. For a dollar store DVD, the print looks pretty decent and complete. The soundtrack does have a good amount of hiss in it, but I can live with that just to have the film. I don't know why Roan or Image haven't done a release of a classic like this.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Worth Seeing Only For Lupe Velez, April 6, 2009

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Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joe Palooka (DVD)

I got a kick out of this film for the first half of it, but it got so stupid with the main characters that I had a hard time finishing it. However, it was still worth a look to see Lupe Velez.

I had read what a strange character Velez was in real life, and that she was sexy woman, so at least I have now seen her. She was a very pretty lady and not shy, either. This film just made it under the wire before the Hays Code came along, so Lupe showed us about all of her [...]. If this film had been made a year later, she would have been forced to cover up.

Stu Erwin plays the boxer "Joe Palooka." He plays a really inept fighter and stupid guy in general who is endearing for awhile but wears thin. The same goes for Jimmy Durante's role of fight manager "Knobby Walsh."

Anyway, this is typical early '30s material which means very corny and dated in the humor and romance department, sometimes hilarious and a bit racy.