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β 3.6 Β· 1934 Β· 86m Β· Music Β· Comedy
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
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