- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sport
- Release: 1949-03-06
- Director: Cy Endfield
- Writers: Stanley Prager , Cy Endfield , Ham Fisher
- Language: English
- Stars: Leon Errol , Joe Kirkwood Jr. , Lina Romay , David Bruce , George O’Hanlon , Virginia Welles , Greg McClure , Taylor Holmes , Ian MacDonald , Lou Lubin
- Runtime: 66 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Joe Palooka in the Big Fight , Skandal im Sportpalast , Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (United Kingdom) , Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (United States of America) , Pistoleros del ring (Mexico)
- Plot: Posing as a down-and-out fighter, "Dutch" Grady (Greg McClure) is hired as a sparring boxer for heavyweight-champion Joe Palooka (Joe Kirkwood Jr.and knocks him out in a training bout. Sports reporter Tom Conway (David Bruce), starts a jeering series on his radio program and in the press for Grady to get a title match with the champion. Knobby Walsh (Leon Errol), Palooka's manager, refuses to make the match until Grady beats other contenders first. But after much criticism affects Palooka's box-office receipts, Knobby agrees to the Palooka-Grady fight for the championship. But, on the eve of the bout, Grady's manager Talmadge (Lou Lubin), Conway and Doctor Benson (Taylor Holmes)have Joe drugged, and the Boxing Commissioner vacates his title. Maxine (Lina Romay), a beauty-contest winner, agrees to reveal for $5,000 how Joe was framed. Joe finds her knifed to death when he goes to meet her, and the police think he is the killer.
- IMDB:tt0041524
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight Cast · · · ALL
Cy Endfield
Director
Leon Errol
Knobby Walsh
Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Joe Palooka
Lina Romay
Maxine
David Bruce
Tom Conway
George O’Hanlon
Louie
Virginia Welles
Anne Howe
Greg McClure
Dutch Grady
Taylor Holmes
Dr. Benson
Ian MacDonald
Mike
Lou Lubin
Talmadge
Lyle Talbot
Lt. Muldoon
Benny Baker
Fight Secretary
Eddie Gribbon
Canvasback
Jack Roper
Scranton
Frances Osborne
Wardrobe Mistress
Harry Hayden
Commissioner Harris
Frank Fenton
Detective
George Fisher
Beauty Contest Announcer
John Indrisano
Referee