Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

"HILARIOUS HUMPHREY! He's worth his weight in LAUGHS"

Jun 4 1950 Approved 1h 2m
Action, Comedy, Sport

A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey Pennyworth's hometown.

Plot

The Square Deal Boxing Corporation (crooked as a snake's hind leg), through Gordon Rogers, tries to make a deal with Knobby Walsh whereby it will own thirty percent of the contract with Heavyweight Champion Joe Palooka Knobby refuses, saying even in West Wokkington Falls he could stage a record bout. He only mentions the town because that is where he is going with Joe and his wife, Anne Howe Palooka, to visit their friend Humphrey Pennyworth. Rogers assumes Walsh is going to stage a bout between Palooka and Pennyworth and hastens to block it. Rogers tricks Pennyworth into signing with him for a bout and then arranges for the crooked town mayor, Phiffeny, and his cousins who run the town to erect a fight stadium. Knobby tells Humphrey that the only way to get out of his contract is a recall election replacing the present town officials with honest ones. Humphrey, the most-liked citizen agrees to run for mayor. At a campaign picnic, a child actress hired by Rogers rushes up to the unmarried candidate, crying "Daddy."

Written by

Ham Fisher, Jeff Anjan

Directed by

Jean Yarbrough

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
50
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA