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The 1934 film Palooka had Jimmy Durante .... Knobby Walsh/Junior manager. It was mainly a comic vehicle for him.

Stuart Erwin .... Joe Palooka
Robert Armstrong .... Pete 'Goodtime' Palooka
William Cagney .... Al 'Mac' McSwatt
Franklyn Ardell .... Doc Wise
Tom Dugan .... Whitey, Joe's Trainer
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones .... Smokey (as Snowflake)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brooks Benedict .... Slugs, Blacky's Associate (uncredited)
Stanley Fields .... Blacky Wolfe (uncredited)
Kit Guard .... McSwatt's Handler (uncredited)
Al Hill .... Dynamite Wilson (uncredited)
Ivan Linow .... Fourth Fixed Fighter (uncredited)
Wheeler Oakman .... Rafferty (uncredited)
Bob Perry .... Referee (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan .... Alphonse (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook .... McSwatt's Handler (uncredited)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams .... Slats (uncredited)
Norman Willis .... Second Fixed Fighter (uncredited)

Later in the 30s a # of two-reelers were made with the cast of:
Robert Norton .... Joe Palooka
Shemp Howard .... Knobby Walsh
I'll skip this one

From the first film we have:
JoeS.E. Palooka HW S8

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