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title: 'Palooka (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Benjamin Stoloff'
released: '1934-01-01'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/palooka-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025619/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Palooka (1934)

1934 · United States


## Synopsis

Palooka is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Stuart Erwin in the title role, Lupe Velez and Jimmy Durante, and based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. The film was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan from the comic strip. The film is also known as The Great Schnozzle in the United Kingdom.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Benjamin Stoloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-stoloff)
- **Screenplay:** [Ham Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/ham-fisher)
- **Producer:** [Edward Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-small)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edeson)

## Cast

- [Jack Mower](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mower)
- [Frank Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mills-3)
- [Pat Harmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-harmon)
- [Wheeler Vivian Oakman](https://cinepixo.com/people/wheeler-vivian-oakman)
- [Thelma Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/thelma-todd)
- [Brooks Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/brooks-benedict)
- [Frank Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mills)
- [Ivan Linow](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-linow)
- [William Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-cagney)
- [Stanley Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-fields)
- [Marjorie Rambeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-rambeau)
- [Louise Beavers](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-beavers)
- [Lupe Vélez](https://cinepixo.com/people/lupe-velez)
- [Bert Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-moorhouse)
- [Carl Stockdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-stockdale)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/palooka-1934
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