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In the harsh world of vintage boxing, a man with no name and no future fights to prove he’s worth something.
Known only as “Nobody,” he drifts through life on the outskirts of the city—taking odd jobs, surviving day by day with no clear direction. Until one night, a small, unexpected opportunity leads him into a forgotten boxing ring.
Untrained, underestimated, and constantly pushed to his limits, he begins a brutal journey—falling, rising, and breaking over and over again. Under the guidance of an old, washed-up trainer, “Nobody” slowly learns the meaning of discipline, dignity, and hope.
Every punch is more than just a fight to win—
it’s a fight against his past, his doubts, and the world that never believed in him.
This is not just a boxing story.
It’s a story about courage, redemption…
and the rise from Nobody to Champion.
Known only as “Nobody,” he drifts through life on the outskirts of the city—taking odd jobs, surviving day by day with no clear direction. Until one night, a small, unexpected opportunity leads him into a forgotten boxing ring.
Untrained, underestimated, and constantly pushed to his limits, he begins a brutal journey—falling, rising, and breaking over and over again. Under the guidance of an old, washed-up trainer, “Nobody” slowly learns the meaning of discipline, dignity, and hope.
Every punch is more than just a fight to win—
it’s a fight against his past, his doubts, and the world that never believed in him.
This is not just a boxing story.
It’s a story about courage, redemption…
and the rise from Nobody to Champion.
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00:00:00The End
00:01:43Don't be long, Pete, will you?
00:01:45Keep your shirt on, Slats.
00:01:46I'll be right back.
00:01:51Hello, Riley.
00:01:52Is my wife going on yet?
00:01:53No, you've got plenty of time.
00:01:55I hope you win your fight tonight.
00:01:56I've got a fiver on you.
00:01:57Yeah?
00:01:58Well, when the fight's over, you'll have a tenner.
00:02:00And I'll be the new champion.
00:02:01Oh, right.
00:02:04Okay.
00:02:05Good luck.
00:02:05Thanks.
00:02:08Hi, man.
00:02:11So you remember my name.
00:02:15See, where you've been all this last week?
00:02:17Now, listen, honey.
00:02:18I didn't come up here to argue with you, but I couldn't fight for the championship tonight
00:02:21without a good luck kiss from you.
00:02:23Ah.
00:02:24Come on.
00:02:24Come on.
00:02:25Ain't you going to make up?
00:02:28Oh, come on, ma'am.
00:02:29Give us a little kiss, huh?
00:02:32Oh, sure.
00:02:33I'll kiss you.
00:02:34Full of luck.
00:02:36It's more than you deserve.
00:02:38I know it, ma'am.
00:02:39You as well.
00:02:39And just as soon as I win the title, I'm going to come rushing right back to your arms.
00:02:43Yeah, I've heard that one before.
00:02:45Oh, no.
00:02:45But this time I mean it.
00:02:46On my way as a gentleman.
00:02:48Well, if you don't, it'll be the last time I'll wait for you.
00:02:51I won't keep you waiting, ma'am.
00:02:53And no blondes.
00:02:54No blondes.
00:02:55If there's any celebrating to be done, we'll do it together.
00:02:58That's a bargain.
00:02:58Now, now I've got to run wrong.
00:03:00But not before I kiss little Joey goodnight.
00:03:01Oh, no.
00:03:02Don't wake him up.
00:03:03I ain't seen a kid in a week.
00:03:04He's got to wish me luck, too, ain't he?
00:03:07Hiya there, Joey.
00:03:08How's my little chance?
00:03:09Look at him, Mom.
00:03:10Ain't he a clarker?
00:03:11Leave him alone, Pete.
00:03:12Don't get him excited.
00:03:13Show me how you give him a car through, huh?
00:03:15Huh?
00:03:16Oh, that's a boy.
00:03:18Did you see that?
00:03:19He's a real palooka.
00:03:21Give him a kiss.
00:03:23Well, too bad you can't be at the ringside.
00:03:25Just see the old massacre.
00:03:27Yeah?
00:03:29Now, be sure you use that corkscrew in the ring.
00:03:32And not to pull corks with.
00:03:34Oh, sure, sure.
00:03:38Pete!
00:03:39Yeah?
00:03:46Good luck, man.
00:03:48Thanks, ma'am.
00:03:51Come on, Pete!
00:03:54Come on!
00:03:58Open mind!
00:04:02Come on!
00:04:05Come on!
00:04:06Hey, Pete!
00:04:07Show us your corkscrews.
00:04:08Show us how you rock them out, huh?
00:04:09Yeah, come on, Tim.
00:04:10Show us, come on.
00:04:11Come on.
00:04:11All right, little boy.
00:04:12Come on, no.
00:04:13Well, I'll tell you, it's just how it was, see?
00:04:15It all happened in a twirling of an eye.
00:04:17I catches him coming in, see?
00:04:19And I nails him with the old reliable.
00:04:21Just like this.
00:04:23Oh, geez, baby, hurt you?
00:04:24Oh, Lord, do it again, I love it.
00:04:30Oh, congratulations, Mr. Jan.
00:04:32What can I do for you?
00:04:34I'm looking for my husband.
00:04:36Is he just done?
00:04:42Yeah?
00:04:43Tell that to the Marines.
00:04:51She's at the cops.
00:04:54Hello, ma'am.
00:04:57How are you?
00:04:59Nice of you to be so interested.
00:05:01Oh, this is a private party, Mamie.
00:05:03You shut up.
00:05:04Oh, listen, ma'am.
00:05:05Trixie don't mean anything.
00:05:07I'll say she don't.
00:05:09Are you coming away from this place with me tonight?
00:05:12Well, you don't want me to walk out on my pals, do you?
00:05:14Are you coming along with me?
00:05:16Oh, now, listen, honey.
00:05:17Don't fly off the handle.
00:05:19If I walk out of this place without you tonight, I walk out for good.
00:05:23Good!
00:05:24I told you to shut up.
00:05:26Look here, Pete.
00:05:27You're on the wrong road, and you're walking fast.
00:05:30That ain't no way to talk to me, ma'am.
00:05:32I'm the champ.
00:05:33You're the champ, old man.
00:05:36The champ sucker of Broadway.
00:05:38Too bad you didn't get a beating tonight.
00:05:40You won the fight, but you've lost Joey and me.
00:05:45And there's one other thing that I forgot.
00:05:48Ow!
00:05:49She hit me.
00:05:51He's not the only one in the family who carries a wallop.
00:05:57She's mad at me.
00:06:13I'm in variety this week, Crystal, in the has-been column.
00:06:16I sort of feels like a has-been myself.
00:06:20Why, Crystal, don't you love the trees and the flowers and the chickens?
00:06:25Say nothing of the roosters.
00:06:26Right now, the only rooster I'd like to see is a black one strutting down Lenox Avenue.
00:06:35Crystal, I've sort of missed the old town, too.
00:06:39But it's been worth it.
00:06:43Oh, don't!
00:06:45Oh!
00:06:46Huh?
00:06:46Listen.
00:06:47What is it, ma'am?
00:06:48On your way back from the station, I want you to stop and get me a full of black thread.
00:06:54Number 60.
00:06:55Of what color?
00:06:55What black, you muck?
00:06:58Light or dark.
00:07:00I'm going to sell that radio if you keep on repeating them bum jokes.
00:07:04Okay.
00:07:04Number 60, black.
00:07:06Okay.
00:07:09Drive me up, honey.
00:07:09There's a customer.
00:07:10Drive me up to the can.
00:07:11Up on.
00:07:11Here we go.
00:07:18Yes, ma'am.
00:07:19How much are your eggs?
00:07:20Uh, 32 cents a dozen.
00:07:23Why, they're mighty small eggs for the price you're asking.
00:07:26Yes, ma'am.
00:07:26I know.
00:07:27But you must remember that an egg is a whole day's work for a hen.
00:07:30Oh, well.
00:07:31Joe, you better get those eggs down to the station.
00:07:34Oh, yeah.
00:07:34Mom, I'll take care of you.
00:07:36Well, what can I do for you, madam?
00:07:38Those are very small eggs for the price you're asking.
00:07:41Well, what do you expect the hens to lay?
00:07:43Watermelon?
00:07:44Watermelon?
00:07:55Hello.
00:07:56Good afternoon, Mrs. Palooka.
00:07:57Any mail?
00:07:58Yeah, a couple of letters for you.
00:08:03Bad news, Mrs. Palooka?
00:08:06No news at all.
00:08:07Just a semi-annual report.
00:08:10We don't see much of Mr. Palooka around these parts, do we?
00:08:14No, and you never will.
00:08:21You better give me that old pipe down!
00:08:28Well, you're going to hold out on me, huh?
00:08:35It's murder.
00:08:36It's the gallows.
00:08:38What happened?
00:08:39Was I struck by lightning?
00:08:41Pleased to meet you, stranger.
00:08:43Are you hurt?
00:08:44Are you going to give me that money?
00:08:46Ingrace, throwing me, your manager, out of my own car.
00:08:49Are you going to give me that money?
00:08:50I'm giving you a slight curl in my lip.
00:08:53That's contempt that's browsing over my features, dynamite.
00:08:56Nothing but contempt.
00:08:57It's contempt, isn't it?
00:08:58Yeah.
00:08:59Hey!
00:09:00What's brawn against brains?
00:09:02Mentally, I got you licked, dynamite.
00:09:03Oh, yeah?
00:09:04Now, wait, wait.
00:09:05You can't do that.
00:09:06I can't do what?
00:09:07That.
00:09:08How would you like a good punch in the nose?
00:09:10I wouldn't like that at all.
00:09:12Nah?
00:09:17Pinch me.
00:09:17I've got hallucinations.
00:09:19I'm sorry, but you made me do it.
00:09:21He's apologizing for his own strength.
00:09:24Never mind him.
00:09:25Say, an idea is boistered into my brain like a bombshell.
00:09:29First, let me introduce myself.
00:09:31I'm Nobby Walsh.
00:09:32I manage fighters.
00:09:34Prize fighters?
00:09:35Right.
00:09:36You just knocked out my best fighter, and that makes me your manager.
00:09:40If you believe in science...
00:09:41You mean you think I can be a fighter?
00:09:43Think?
00:09:44After seeing that right hook of yours knock out dynamite Wilson?
00:09:48Dynamite Wilson?
00:09:49I can make a great letter pusher out of you.
00:09:52I'm telling you it's in the cards.
00:09:54Meeting me here is no coincidence.
00:09:56It's destiny at the crossroads.
00:09:58What's your name?
00:10:00Joe.
00:10:02It's Tivray.
00:10:04It's confiscation.
00:10:05That's what it is.
00:10:06I'll get them for you.
00:10:08Oh, I'll let them have it.
00:10:10I only made one payment.
00:10:11The finance company will get it anyway.
00:10:13As I was saying, ain't you listening, Joe?
00:10:16I've got to get these eggs on the train.
00:10:18Eggs?
00:10:18With a right hand punch like you got?
00:10:21Sign this contract, and you won't never have to look a neg in the face again.
00:10:24I wish I could, but I can't.
00:10:26Now listen to me.
00:10:27Hey, you can't turn this down.
00:10:29I'm telling you stuff there's a chance.
00:10:31Why, it's hard rendering to see a guy like you wasting his talent with pigs and chickens.
00:10:36You're right.
00:10:38I'd sign in a minute, but I got more reasons not to.
00:10:41Well, what are they?
00:10:43Well, there are more reasons.
00:10:46It ain't healthy living in the country.
00:10:48Why, look at me.
00:10:49Raised on gasoline fumes and carbon monoxide.
00:10:52The picture of vigorous vitality.
00:10:55Now, I've always wanted to be a fighter, but...
00:10:58Well, why can't you be?
00:10:59My mom hates anything to do with fighting.
00:11:03On account of, uh...
00:11:04Well, you see, my dad was Pete Palooka.
00:11:08Did you say Palooka?
00:11:09The grand old champ?
00:11:10Yeah, and he was great in his day.
00:11:14Boy, the fortune is smacking us on the head with a champagne bottle.
00:11:18Well launched.
00:11:19Can't you see your name on the billboards?
00:11:21Joe Palooka, the son of the grand old champ.
00:11:24Boy, I'm gonna exploit you.
00:11:26Pucks at the headline.
00:11:27Make your champion like your dear old dad.
00:11:30I can see it now.
00:11:31You're in the ring trading punches.
00:11:33The other guy is generous, and he gives you a two for one.
00:11:35He clips you on the chin, but I'm undaunted.
00:11:38Then comes a critical moment.
00:11:39The turning point.
00:11:41You lay the rat low.
00:11:42Foul, they cry, but we're triumphant.
00:11:45The referee counts them out.
00:11:47With shouts and cheers, they hail young Joe Palooka, the new champion.
00:11:52Gosh, it was kind of sudden.
00:11:55Sign.
00:11:56Sign on the dotted line.
00:11:58Sign.
00:11:58Sign.
00:12:00Sign.
00:12:01Sign.
00:12:02You'll hear from me.
00:12:03All right, you'll hear from me.
00:12:08I got the world by the young boy.
00:12:26Well, Joe, what are you doing?
00:12:30Just, uh, hitting that bag.
00:12:32Well, don't you feel well?
00:12:34Oh, I feel fine.
00:12:37Ann, opportunity has knocked at my door.
00:12:39I'm gonna be a leather pusher.
00:12:41What?
00:12:42Sure.
00:12:43I'm gonna breathe carbon monoxide and gasoline fumes instead of fresh air.
00:12:47What are you talking about?
00:12:48I'm going to the city to be a fighter.
00:12:50I can see my name in lights right now.
00:12:53Joe Palooka, the champion of the world.
00:12:55Just like my dad.
00:12:57You mean, you're going to be a prize fighter?
00:12:59Sure, and I know I'm doing right.
00:13:01You know, things are bad here on the farm.
00:13:04The only thing that worries me is I can't tell Mom.
00:13:07Oh, you've got to tell her you're going away, Joe.
00:13:09Oh, of course, I don't mean that.
00:13:11I mean, I can't tell her I'm going to be a fighter.
00:13:13You know how she feels about that.
00:13:15But I'll tell her after I've made good.
00:13:17And boy, won't she be proud of me.
00:13:19And I will too, Joe.
00:13:20Sure you will.
00:13:21But you've got to promise me you won't tell Mom anything about it.
00:13:24I promise.
00:13:25And you wish me luck, won't you?
00:13:27Oh, with all my heart, Joey.
00:13:29And I'll be pulling for you.
00:13:31That'll be swell.
00:13:33Well, when do you intend to leave?
00:13:35Oh, the sooner the better.
00:13:37I wish I were going right now.
00:13:39Well, why so soon?
00:13:41So as I could give you a good-bye kiss?
00:13:45Well, why wait?
00:13:46Huh?
00:13:48Why wait?
00:13:50Oh.
00:13:51Well?
00:13:53Oh, Joe.
00:13:54Joe.
00:13:55Time for supper, dear.
00:13:56Come in.
00:13:57Uh-huh.
00:13:58Remember.
00:14:00Remember.
00:14:05Oh, come on, Mom.
00:14:07Please say you'll let me go.
00:14:09What is the business this Mr. Walsh is in?
00:14:13Well, he's in the leather business.
00:14:16What do you know about the leather business?
00:14:19Well, I'm strong.
00:14:21And Mr. Walsh says he can teach me to...
00:14:25Oh, Mom, you've got to let me go.
00:14:30All right, Joe.
00:14:32If you've made up your mind,
00:14:34I don't suppose there's anything I can say or do that'll stop you.
00:14:37Oh, thanks, Mom.
00:14:38Gee, that's fine.
00:14:40Oh, I knew this time would come.
00:14:42And I prepared myself for it.
00:14:44But now that it is here,
00:14:48you don't know how I dread the thought of your leaving.
00:14:52Oh, you mustn't feel that way.
00:14:54I'm not a baby anymore.
00:14:57You are to me, son.
00:15:00You don't know how I shall miss you.
00:15:03And I'll miss you too, Mom.
00:15:06Will you, Joe?
00:15:09Oh, but...
00:15:10I'll make good,
00:15:11and then I can get you everything you deserve.
00:15:18Just be a good boy, Joe.
00:15:20That's all I want.
00:15:26Well, goodbye, Mom.
00:15:28I'm going to make you proud of me.
00:15:30I am proud of you, Joe,
00:15:31and I'm going to stay proud of you.
00:15:32Remember, you're my son, Slug,
00:15:35and act accordingly.
00:15:38Bye.
00:15:39Goodbye, Ann.
00:15:41Goodbye, Joe.
00:15:42I'll move.
00:15:43I'll work.
00:15:45Goodbye.
00:15:46Goodbye, Joey.
00:15:55How do you feel?
00:15:57Oh, fine.
00:15:58I just had a great big supper.
00:16:00Now remember,
00:16:01toy with him like you would a week would.
00:16:03I don't know.
00:16:03I don't know.
00:16:04Ken Levine, you're on.
00:16:05That's us.
00:16:06Oh, gosh, Navi.
00:16:07I feel kind of queer in my knees.
00:16:10The customary stage fright.
00:16:11Every prima donna gets in.
00:16:13Forget it.
00:16:14Navi, I...
00:16:14Forget it and get going.
00:16:16Who?
00:16:17Just a minute.
00:16:17Navi, it's you.
00:16:19I'll be waiting in a minute
00:16:20to see the slaughter of Kid Levine.
00:16:22I'll wait for you, Navi.
00:16:24Go with Whitey.
00:16:25I'll be right with you.
00:16:26Come on, he'll be with you.
00:16:27Go ahead.
00:16:27How?
00:16:28Who?
00:16:30Dynamite Wilson?
00:16:32What?
00:16:33You're gonna sue me, huh?
00:16:37Say, that ain't Dynamite Wilson.
00:16:40Now he's trying to pull
00:16:41another one of these bastards.
00:16:43I'm letting you know
00:16:44that the name of Dynamite Wilson
00:16:45is copyrighted.
00:16:46Yeah, you're a double-crossing chiseler.
00:16:48Excuse me, I'm being paged.
00:16:49Never mind the phone.
00:16:50What's on your mind, Rafferty?
00:16:52Listen, I signed Dynamite Wilson.
00:16:54What do you mean by
00:16:55sneaking a substitute in on me?
00:16:56Listen, Rafferty,
00:16:57you got me wrong.
00:16:58This boy ain't no substitute.
00:17:00Why, he knocked out
00:17:01Dynamite Wilson
00:17:01like you and I
00:17:02would swat a fly.
00:17:03I'm telling you,
00:17:04he's sensational.
00:17:05He's got a kick like a mule.
00:17:07He's the biggest thing
00:17:08the ring ever saw.
00:17:09Listen to that, will you?
00:17:11Why, he's striking Levine
00:17:12to pieces.
00:17:13He's tearing them apart
00:17:14like a heron.
00:17:15Get that sound effect, Rafferty.
00:17:18Am I chuckling?
00:17:20He's rendering that poor
00:17:21Armenian to smitterings.
00:17:24Why is that crowd
00:17:25affraught to the Fronin?
00:17:26I'll tell you.
00:17:27They're hailing a new sensation
00:17:28of the squared circle.
00:17:29Why, Pomeranium
00:17:30is breaking loose.
00:17:39What happened?
00:17:41One punch.
00:17:42Huh.
00:17:43So you had to ask, huh?
00:17:44Am I haunted
00:17:45by misfortune?
00:17:46Does disaster
00:17:47dog my footsteps?
00:17:49Me,
00:17:49with an unbroken
00:17:50record of defeat.
00:17:51All right,
00:17:52I'll take the loser's purse.
00:17:53Fifty dollars.
00:17:54You'll take
00:17:55twenty bucks
00:17:55or nothing.
00:17:56Oh, so you're mercenary, huh?
00:17:57Or is it nothing?
00:17:58I'll take the twenty.
00:18:00I was reaching
00:18:00for the moon.
00:18:02What an eclipse.
00:18:03Eclipse yourself
00:18:04and not mug out of here.
00:18:08A name that's worth a million dollars
00:18:10and he's made
00:18:11out of marshmallows.
00:18:13Mom.
00:18:14Mom.
00:18:18What happened?
00:18:21I lost.
00:18:22You've been peeking.
00:18:23Why didn't you fight
00:18:24like I told you?
00:18:25I did.
00:18:27But
00:18:28after we got started
00:18:29he whispered to me
00:18:30and told me
00:18:30to take it easy
00:18:31on account of his wife
00:18:32and kids
00:18:33and then
00:18:34I don't remember anymore.
00:18:36I might have known
00:18:36you'd fall
00:18:37for that old gag.
00:18:39Here's five.
00:18:40That makes me
00:18:41generosity itself.
00:18:44Here's five more
00:18:45just to ease
00:18:45my conscience.
00:18:47Stick them under the shower
00:18:48give them a rub
00:18:48and turn them loose.
00:18:50So long, kid.
00:18:51I'm not sore.
00:18:53Heavy enough
00:18:53Napoleon has his water, Lou.
00:18:56Mr. Walsh
00:18:56seems to be
00:18:57disappointed in me.
00:18:59No.
00:18:59He's just mad
00:19:00at the other fella.
00:19:05Well, kid.
00:19:06Better luck next time.
00:19:10Who was that gentleman?
00:19:12That's Mr. Levine.
00:19:14Levine?
00:19:14Yes.
00:19:15The man who knocked you out.
00:19:18Oh, I thought
00:19:19his face looked familiar.
00:19:22I just saw your boy fight.
00:19:23Go ahead.
00:19:24Step on the coin
00:19:25to my wounded spirits.
00:19:26No.
00:19:26The boy's got a lot of color.
00:19:28Yeah, he's got so much color
00:19:29that I'm seeing red.
00:19:30No, no.
00:19:31I mean he tries
00:19:32and he ain't dangerous.
00:19:33Rub it in.
00:19:34Right now,
00:19:35the boy's on his way
00:19:36back to the farm.
00:19:37I, uh,
00:19:38I thought I might be able
00:19:38to use him.
00:19:39What for?
00:19:40Pitching hay?
00:19:41No, with McSwan.
00:19:43You mean to fight the champ?
00:19:45Sure.
00:19:46I got McSwan
00:19:46on a barnstorming tour.
00:19:48The commissioner insists
00:19:49on a championship fight.
00:19:50And I gotta have
00:19:51a safe setup.
00:19:52Continue.
00:19:53Your word's interesting.
00:19:54And you, uh,
00:19:55you know, uh...
00:19:56Goodbye, Whitey.
00:19:57Goodbye, Joe.
00:19:58Thanks for everything.
00:19:59That's all right, Joe.
00:20:02Joe, where you going, pal?
00:20:04I don't know.
00:20:06I hate to go back home.
00:20:07You ain't going back home.
00:20:09I just signed you up
00:20:10for another fight.
00:20:11Huh?
00:20:11You'll be a sensation.
00:20:12Guess who you're gonna fight.
00:20:13Guess who?
00:20:14Who?
00:20:14The champion,
00:20:15Al McSwat.
00:20:19Well, uh,
00:20:20does he want to fight me?
00:20:21Why, sure.
00:20:22Well,
00:20:23but, Marby,
00:20:24do you think I'm good enough?
00:20:25A doubt-raiser, huh?
00:20:26Maybe I forgot
00:20:27to tell you
00:20:28a couple of things
00:20:28I know about fighting.
00:20:30Say, leave it to me.
00:20:31I'll make you
00:20:31the Einstein
00:20:32of the squared circle.
00:20:33But remember this.
00:20:35McSwat ain't got
00:20:36no wife
00:20:36and no children either.
00:20:38That a boy.
00:20:39You gonna fight him?
00:20:39You really gonna fight him?
00:20:41Now you listen to me, Nina.
00:20:42I know McSwat's there.
00:20:44Shh, shh.
00:20:45Oh,
00:20:46he say that he got
00:20:47a fight for you.
00:20:48Shall I take it?
00:20:49Sure,
00:20:49we can use the money.
00:20:50Sure,
00:20:51you need another bracelet anyway.
00:20:52Oh, you sweet baby.
00:20:53I'll take that fight.
00:20:54What?
00:20:55Yeah, yeah.
00:20:57Have I what?
00:20:59Sure,
00:21:00I'll be ready
00:21:00to meet any palooka
00:21:01on the 29th.
00:21:03Sure,
00:21:03I've been doing
00:21:04plenty of road work.
00:21:05Hey, Doc,
00:21:06we found some roads
00:21:08you never heard of.
00:21:09My baby's
00:21:10in swell shape.
00:21:12And I can say
00:21:12the same for Nina.
00:21:14All right,
00:21:15good night.
00:21:15Good night, Doc.
00:21:16Good night,
00:21:17so long, so long.
00:21:18Well, baby,
00:21:18it looks like
00:21:19it's all I gotta
00:21:19start training.
00:21:20Well, come on,
00:21:20let's go.
00:21:21Let's start.
00:21:23Ready?
00:21:24Ready.
00:21:24Alley-oop.
00:21:27Oh, boy,
00:21:27it's so fun.
00:21:28Oh, hello.
00:21:33Hello, Mrs. Pluka.
00:21:34Hello, Ann, dear.
00:21:36I heard from Joe today.
00:21:37So did I.
00:21:38He says he's doing fine
00:21:39working for that fellow,
00:21:41Walsh.
00:21:42Ladies and gentlemen,
00:21:43this is WXA broadcasting
00:21:45the news events of the day.
00:21:47In the sporting world,
00:21:48fight fans are looking forward
00:21:49with great interest
00:21:50to the championship bout tonight
00:21:52between Al McSwap
00:21:53and Joe Palooka,
00:21:54the challenger.
00:21:54Joe Palooka is the son
00:21:55of the grand old champ
00:21:56Pete Palooka,
00:21:57since retired,
00:21:58who will long be remembered
00:21:59affectionately by the fans
00:22:01for his famous
00:22:01corkscrew punch.
00:22:03In Arragansett...
00:22:08And did you know
00:22:09more about this?
00:22:11Oh, Mrs. Palooka,
00:22:13Joe didn't mean
00:22:13to deceive you,
00:22:14but he didn't want you
00:22:15to know that he was a fighter
00:22:16until he made good.
00:22:20Well,
00:22:21if Joe wants
00:22:22to be a fighter,
00:22:23I won't be able
00:22:24to stop him.
00:22:25He's got
00:22:26his father's blood.
00:22:28But if I had
00:22:29that Joe here tonight,
00:22:30I'd show him
00:22:31who's the fighter
00:22:32in this family.
00:22:32You mustn't say that.
00:22:33Joe's a good boy.
00:22:35Of course he is.
00:22:35And so is his father.
00:22:37Now, fine,
00:22:37a more upstanding guy
00:22:38never lived
00:22:39than Pete Palooka.
00:22:40Well, I mean,
00:22:41until success changed him.
00:22:42But it won't change Joe.
00:22:44I know it won't.
00:22:44Oh, is that so?
00:22:45You don't know
00:22:46these Palookas.
00:22:47I married one.
00:22:49The only thing
00:22:50to save Joe tonight
00:22:51will be if he loses.
00:22:53Don't say that.
00:22:54No?
00:22:56Give me Weston,
00:23:12Union.
00:23:13That's a funny way
00:23:14of wishing a fellow luck.
00:23:16Maybe it's just
00:23:17a typographical error.
00:23:20I'll show her.
00:23:21I'll show everybody.
00:23:24Oh, gee,
00:23:25it nearly hit you.
00:23:26Wait a minute.
00:23:27Save some of that
00:23:28pep for the fight.
00:23:29You'll need us.
00:23:33Where's McSwat there?
00:23:34Where?
00:23:34At her apartment.
00:23:35Oh, he wasn't there.
00:23:36I looked at his apartment, too.
00:23:37The house of the sellout.
00:23:38Nobody knows where he is.
00:23:39And he should have been
00:23:40here 20 minutes ago.
00:23:42Hello.
00:23:43Give me the Golden Slipper Cafe.
00:23:45And you find a cover club
00:23:46and see if McSwat's there.
00:23:47Okay.
00:23:47And you call up the Lido Club.
00:23:48Okay, boss.
00:23:49Hello.
00:23:50Hello.
00:23:50This is Doc Wise speaking.
00:23:52Is McSwat there?
00:23:52No, McSwat left here
00:23:54an hour ago.
00:23:55McSwat there?
00:23:57McSwat left half an hour ago.
00:23:59McSwat there?
00:24:00McSwat left here
00:24:0115 minutes ago.
00:24:03Here he comes now, Doc.
00:24:11Hello, Doc.
00:24:12Well, here I brought you to the camp.
00:24:13Thanks.
00:24:14Thanks to you
00:24:15for showing up
00:24:16for your own fight.
00:24:17What fight?
00:24:17Meeting that set up
00:24:18will be like shadow boxing.
00:24:19Come on, baby.
00:24:20You must take a shower.
00:24:21Come on.
00:24:21And you'll take the air.
00:24:24Okay, glowing paint.
00:24:29See if you can sober him up.
00:24:31He's in pretty bad shape, Doc.
00:24:34Maybe I ought to call the fight off.
00:24:35That ain't a bad idea.
00:24:37That settles up.
00:24:37The fight's off.
00:24:38You can't do that.
00:24:39The house is full.
00:24:40So are you.
00:24:41Fine, I've been cheated.
00:24:44Who is it?
00:24:45It's me, Navi.
00:24:46The fight's off.
00:24:48What?
00:24:48Look at him.
00:24:50Hiya, Navi.
00:24:52Don't talk like that, Doc.
00:24:54Can you afford to lose that money?
00:24:56We're only getting 500
00:24:57and we'll have to use that
00:24:58for doctor bills.
00:24:59McSwat's in no condition to fight.
00:25:00He's in no condition to fight.
00:25:02Say, you should see Palooka.
00:25:04He's so scared he's fainted.
00:25:05Why, I'm afraid we'll have to
00:25:06carry him into the rink.
00:25:07And I'll do.
00:25:09Certainly.
00:25:09But, Mac, you'll let him
00:25:10stay a couple of rounds, won't you?
00:25:12Sure, Navi.
00:25:12Sure.
00:25:13That a boy.
00:25:14Say, you've seen my boy fight.
00:25:16He couldn't hit McSwat
00:25:17with a handful of rice.
00:25:18Come on.
00:25:18Be a good guy.
00:25:19Don't call off the fight.
00:25:20Let me make that 500.
00:25:22Go ahead, Doc.
00:25:23I'll knock him all out.
00:25:24All right.
00:25:24Take him to the shower.
00:25:25That a boy, Doc.
00:25:26But remember,
00:25:27don't you try to double-cross me.
00:25:29Why, Doc, I'm astounded.
00:25:30Your words cut me like a knife.
00:25:32You know my reputation
00:25:33for this integrity.
00:25:35Yeah.
00:25:36That's what worries me.
00:25:38It's a lie.
00:25:41Like that.
00:25:42That's it.
00:25:42Right down there.
00:25:43Am I a general?
00:25:44Am I a mastermind?
00:25:46What happened?
00:25:47Don't ask no questions.
00:25:48You're as good as champion right now.
00:25:50Yeah?
00:25:51Is there anything else
00:25:52you want to tell me
00:25:52before a fight?
00:25:53No.
00:25:54Only remember,
00:25:55this guy ain't got
00:25:56no wife and kids.
00:25:57Oh.
00:25:58He isn't married at all.
00:25:59Right, right, right, right.
00:26:01Everything is set
00:26:01for the big battle.
00:26:03However,
00:26:03if my dope is correct,
00:26:04this fight's going to be
00:26:05just one of those things.
00:26:07Oh, yeah?
00:26:08Well, Mr. Joe
00:26:09ain't no slouch.
00:26:10His power was needed.
00:26:11All fighters and managers
00:26:11gathered around the referee.
00:26:13Shake hands.
00:26:13Come out fighting.
00:26:14Good luck to both of you.
00:26:15Pleased to meet you,
00:26:16Mr. McSwat.
00:26:21Come on, baby.
00:26:22Knock him out
00:26:22in the first round.
00:26:23Don't forget
00:26:24we gotta go places.
00:26:25Okay, honey.
00:26:26All right, dear.
00:26:28Forget that, baby.
00:26:29Sit down.
00:26:43You bowl him over
00:26:44as soon as you can.
00:26:45I'll carry him along
00:26:46for a couple of rounds.
00:26:47Carry him nothing.
00:26:48Knock him out right away.
00:26:49It's all right, Doc.
00:26:52Look at that sucker,
00:26:53will you?
00:26:53Just look him right in the eye.
00:26:54Just look him right in the eye.
00:26:55Here.
00:26:56It's half the battle.
00:26:56Here.
00:26:57Go ahead.
00:26:58Take it.
00:27:01Now, remember,
00:27:03protect your stomach.
00:27:04Sure, sure.
00:27:05You know you're full of booze.
00:27:14I swallowed it.
00:27:16Oh.
00:27:17That was about
00:27:18for the first round.
00:27:21Oh.
00:27:32Kill him, baby.
00:27:33Kill him, baby.
00:27:34Kill him, baby.
00:27:34Kill him, baby.
00:27:37Kill him, baby.
00:27:38Come on.
00:27:38Don't heckle that champ, Joe.
00:27:39No.
00:27:40He's got a system of nature.
00:27:48Hey, lady,
00:27:49keep your seat.
00:27:50I do what I want
00:27:51with my seat.
00:27:52Well, keep it out of my face.
00:28:00Oh, I'll die if he doesn't win.
00:28:02I'll die if he does.
00:28:04I can't listen to him anymore.
00:28:08Oh, my God.
00:28:13Give it over.
00:28:14I do call it dynamite.
00:28:17Never touch this, Joe.
00:28:19Now, Joe,
00:28:19walk in close.
00:28:27that's another right and left across
00:28:29and Mr. Palooka is very wobbly
00:28:30backing back on his heels
00:28:32you had better start heating the coffee
00:28:34and again Mr. McSwap
00:28:37rushes in
00:28:38now into a buncher
00:28:41a buncher
00:28:43into a buncher
00:28:44a buncher
00:28:45he's going to be here
00:28:46be careful
00:28:48a buncher
00:28:50call to protect his stomach
00:29:01taking fire
00:29:03two
00:29:04three
00:29:05four
00:29:06five
00:29:13nine
00:29:14nine
00:29:14ten
00:29:15McSwap is out
00:29:18the winner
00:29:24I didn't know he was going to be saved
00:29:26I hit him right in the Le Bonso
00:29:28you're too mean
00:29:30you're too mean
00:29:49well folks it was a great fight and even greater surprise
00:29:52a new champion has been plowed in the person of Joe Palooka
00:29:55Fans must all remember the famous Pete Peluca, the new champ's father.
00:29:59You said it, another Peluca champion.
00:30:01So you'll put my son one fight.
00:30:03Come on, come on, come on.
00:30:04Come on with that show.
00:30:05There you are.
00:30:06I'm going to buy a drink for everybody now.
00:30:08Listen to me, you hand-eater.
00:30:11Leave my relations out of this.
00:30:13You cross me.
00:30:14You can't get away with this.
00:30:16That punk of yours won on a fluke.
00:30:18You've got to give me another match.
00:30:20Your fight a lot because you couldn't keep them out of nightclubs.
00:30:23Now I've got a problem, too.
00:30:24I've got to keep my boy out of the ring.
00:30:27With them words, I'll leave you.
00:30:29Please, Mr. Peluca, will you say something to your public?
00:30:32It's a pleasure.
00:30:33Peluca will be a fighting champ.
00:30:35He'll meet all comers.
00:30:37You are now listening to the voice of Naviwals, the champion's manager.
00:30:41I attribute his success to my strenuous discipline.
00:30:44Peluca will meet all comers in physical combat as frequently as frequently permits.
00:30:49And if frequently don't show up soon enough, we'll go looking for him.
00:30:52Please, please, I want Mr. Peluca to say something to listeners.
00:30:55I rest my case.
00:30:56Please.
00:30:57How are you, boy?
00:30:58Mr. Peluca.
00:30:59Well, I hardly know what to say, except I hope you all enjoyed the fight as much as I did.
00:31:06And if my ma's listening in, and I hope she is, well, I just want her to understand that I'm
00:31:11following in the footsteps of my dad.
00:31:13Well, if you do, I'll break your neck.
00:31:15And I'd like to say hello to somebody else back home.
00:31:21Hello, Ann.
00:31:23Hello, Joe.
00:31:24Thanks.
00:31:25Oh, and, uh, and ma, it's kind of cold here in the city.
00:31:28Will you look in a bureau and see if I've got an extra pair of those long woolen underdrawers?
00:31:34Goodbye, ma'am.
00:31:38Come on, champ.
00:31:39Come on, make room for me.
00:31:40Hello, champ.
00:31:41Oh, you were wonderful.
00:31:43You were marvelous.
00:31:44I congratulate you.
00:31:46Oh, I wish you do me the honor to be my guest tonight at the Paradise Club.
00:31:51You see, I work there.
00:31:53I wish you'd come over and see me.
00:31:55Won't you please?
00:31:57Nobby.
00:31:58Oh, please do.
00:31:59I will make you very happy.
00:32:01Nobby.
00:32:02Oh, please do come.
00:32:04Nobby.
00:32:05Oh, you're such a sweet boy.
00:32:08It might all be sunny.
00:32:11Honey, it all take you.
00:32:14Life could be milk and honey.
00:32:18Honey, it's up to you.
00:32:22Won't you like me a little bit less?
00:32:24And won't you love me a little bit more?
00:32:28If you love me a little bit, love me a little bit more.
00:32:55My eyes could all be sunny.
00:33:03Honey, it's up to you, not me.
00:33:27Gosh, you sing good.
00:33:29I sing good tonight because my heart is full of happiness.
00:33:43I've had it especially made for you.
00:33:45Oh, gosh.
00:33:46Thanks.
00:33:49Will you give me the honor of being the first one to dance with the new champion?
00:33:54Sure.
00:33:55It's all right.
00:33:56Get that, Doc.
00:33:57He steals my title and now he's got my girl.
00:33:59Sit down.
00:34:00Don't be a chump.
00:34:01Sit down.
00:34:03You can hold me tighter.
00:34:04I like it.
00:34:09Mmm.
00:34:10I love it.
00:34:12The beginning of the end.
00:34:14That dame will change my gold mine into a nickel's weight of pants.
00:34:17Oh, don't let it worry you, Nabi.
00:34:23Gosh, it's getting kind of hot in here, isn't it?
00:34:25Well, would you like to go outside and have a little bit of fresh air?
00:34:29Ain't a bad idea.
00:34:31All right, we can do it.
00:34:38Hey, Walsh.
00:34:39Sit down, fellas.
00:34:40The check will be here in a minute.
00:34:42Listen, you mug, I'm entitled to return match and I'm going to get it.
00:34:45If you do, I hope I faint over your dead body.
00:34:48Well, if I don't, I'll knock over that chump of yours right here.
00:34:51Luca won't not paddle on a fluke.
00:34:53He's no more a champ than you're an Indian.
00:34:55I am an Indian.
00:34:56And my name is sitting pretty.
00:34:58Yes, and if I don't get a rematch, you'll be laying pretty.
00:35:03White men can now go scrammy.
00:35:10Mr. Warren, it's a boy that's a couple of telegrams.
00:35:12For me, no, for the ten.
00:35:13I might as well be nonexistent.
00:35:26Another dame.
00:35:27You're telling me?
00:35:27I just unloaded one.
00:35:37That's different.
00:35:38Where's the champ?
00:35:39He just left the joint with that Madeira dame.
00:35:41What?
00:35:41That dame will ruin that kid.
00:35:43Where's my hat?
00:35:44Gurley Mahat.
00:35:45What are you getting excited about?
00:35:46He can't fight anyhow.
00:35:48No, but he can punch.
00:35:49And as soon as he learns how to box, he'll be okay.
00:35:52Maybe you're right.
00:35:53Whitey, I gotta save him from that dame.
00:35:55She's poisoning, champs.
00:35:56How are you gonna do it?
00:35:57How are you gonna do it?
00:35:57I'll go on to make for her myself.
00:35:59I'll go to work on her with my small poison at me.
00:36:02And I'll sweep her off her feet with my long eyelashes.
00:36:04I'll be terrific.
00:36:05I'll be a typhoon.
00:36:07Whitey, do me a favor.
00:36:08Call me up at Nina's apartment.
00:36:10What'll I talk about?
00:36:11Talk about a minute.
00:36:12That'll be enough.
00:36:17How do you feel now, sweet?
00:36:19Kinda sleepy.
00:36:21Sleepy?
00:36:22Oh, I'll fix you up right now.
00:36:26Come on.
00:36:29Now, just relax.
00:36:31Now, I'm gonna get you a little drink more.
00:36:33Oh, you better not.
00:36:35I'm not used to it.
00:36:36Oh, you get used to them.
00:36:39Well.
00:36:40Here.
00:36:41Put your little feet up here.
00:36:42Oh, I wouldn't.
00:36:43It'll ruin your couch.
00:36:45Oh, never mind.
00:36:47Now, is there anything else I can do for you?
00:36:52You've been so awfully nice to me.
00:36:55I could be nicer.
00:36:58Well, if it's not asking too much.
00:37:01Yes.
00:37:02I would like a cheese sandwich.
00:37:06A cheese sandwich?
00:37:09American cheese.
00:37:10That's the kind I like best.
00:37:12Sometimes I used to eat two or three a day.
00:37:14Oh, you're so cute.
00:37:16Oh, my.
00:37:17Oh.
00:37:17Oh, I'm mostly sorry.
00:37:19Oh, my goodness.
00:37:20Oh, you're all wet.
00:37:22You must take a mop.
00:37:24Oh, I hardly think it's necessary.
00:37:25Oh, yes, yes.
00:37:26Well, I'm...
00:37:27What happened to me if you got your call?
00:37:28Come on, change it.
00:37:29Huh?
00:37:30Can I help you?
00:37:32I'd rather not.
00:37:33Oh, it's nothing.
00:37:34I've had wet pants before.
00:37:36I fell in a river once and I didn't take long.
00:37:44Who is it?
00:37:45It's Navi.
00:37:46I got a cable for Joe.
00:37:48Oh.
00:37:49Where is he?
00:37:50He's in the...
00:37:50I don't think I'll have to take off my pants, Miss Madera.
00:37:54A magician.
00:37:55I underestimated you.
00:37:59Sorry to disturb you, champ, but here's a cable from your dad.
00:38:02Oh.
00:38:06Nice homey place you got here.
00:38:11Too bad my mom couldn't have sent me a nice wire like this.
00:38:15Oh, the phone.
00:38:16I'll get it.
00:38:18Phone?
00:38:21Hello?
00:38:22Yes, he's here, Mrs. Palooka.
00:38:24No, no, not Mrs. Palooka.
00:38:26I'm Whitey Navi.
00:38:27Whitey, do you remember?
00:38:28You told me to call you up and...
00:38:30Yes, ma'am.
00:38:30I found her, Mrs. Palooka.
00:38:32My mom.
00:38:34I'll send him right back to the hotel.
00:38:36Yes, ma'am.
00:38:38Don't mention it, Mrs. Palooka.
00:38:40No, no, I'm not Mrs. Palooka.
00:38:44Navi, I'm Whitey.
00:38:45I'm Whitey.
00:38:46You told me to...
00:38:47Good night, Mrs. Palooka.
00:38:50The wagon's going to get that screwball some of these days.
00:38:54My hat, I...
00:38:55Oh, Joe.
00:38:56You both come with me.
00:38:57I want you to meet her.
00:38:58No, Joe.
00:38:59Your ma'am will want to see you alone.
00:39:01I wouldn't barge in between a mother's love for her son
00:39:03for all the gold in the Arabies.
00:39:06Oh, Joe, must you go?
00:39:07Of course.
00:39:08It's Mom.
00:39:09Oh.
00:39:10Navi, do me a favor.
00:39:12What is it?
00:39:13Will you stay here and keep Miss Madeira company?
00:39:15Sure, Joe.
00:39:16Oh, thanks, Navi.
00:39:18That's awfully nice of you.
00:39:20I'm sorry to jump out like this,
00:39:23but you know how it is with a mother, will you?
00:39:25All right.
00:39:31What a face.
00:39:34The brow of a genius with sharp, chiseling features.
00:39:38And they talk about Barrymore.
00:39:42Scram.
00:39:43Not that.
00:39:44Say it isn't so.
00:39:46Oh, what are you talking about?
00:39:48Let's not waste time on subtleties and idle banter.
00:39:51I'm nuts about you, Nina.
00:39:52You're nuts, all right.
00:39:55Don't talk like that.
00:39:57I can give you love, money, position, everything.
00:40:00Oh, let go of me.
00:40:02You're crazy.
00:40:03I am crazy.
00:40:04Crazy about you.
00:40:05You've got this.
00:40:06You've got that.
00:40:08And, boy, you've got those.
00:40:10You're a pip.
00:40:12You've got it.
00:40:13Can't you see you're even making a poet out of me?
00:40:15Me rhyming it with pip.
00:40:18Stop it.
00:40:19You're hurting me.
00:40:20It's only temporary.
00:40:22Each man kills the thing he loves.
00:40:24If I should die tomorrow, I would say this tonight.
00:40:27Take a peek at that profile.
00:40:29Don't that do nothing to you?
00:40:32Yeah.
00:40:34That's the ultimate insult.
00:40:36Nina, open the door.
00:40:37That's Max what?
00:40:39My nemesis.
00:40:40If he finds you here, he wipes off the floor with you.
00:40:43You better hide someplace.
00:40:44Where?
00:40:45There.
00:40:46There.
00:40:47That's the final degradation.
00:40:49Oh, go on.
00:40:58Open the door.
00:40:58I'll break it down.
00:40:59Just a minute, darling.
00:41:01I opened the door in a second, sweet.
00:41:06Hello?
00:41:06Hello, operator.
00:41:08Send the house detectives off right away.
00:41:16Hello, darling.
00:41:19What's the matter, sweet?
00:41:20You look mad.
00:41:21Where is that guy?
00:41:23What guy?
00:41:24I saw you leave the club with Palooka.
00:41:26Why, that's very funny.
00:41:27He hasn't been here.
00:41:28Besides, he don't even know where I leave.
00:41:31Now, darling.
00:41:32Can that stuff.
00:41:34I know you're lying.
00:41:36All right.
00:41:36If you think I'm lying, why don't you go and look for yourself?
00:41:38That's just what I'm going to do.
00:41:40All right.
00:41:40Go ahead.
00:41:44Now, darling.
00:41:45Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
00:41:47After the way I love you, you don't even trust me.
00:41:51Oh, baby.
00:41:53What's the trouble, Miss Madeira?
00:41:54Throw this luck out of here.
00:41:56I'm sorry, Mac, but you'll have to get out.
00:41:58Don't be so sorry, boys.
00:41:59I'll be glad to go.
00:42:01I'm going to get out.
00:42:03And so will you when I stop paying the rent.
00:42:07So long, two-timer.
00:42:14You're learning fast, Yokel.
00:42:16Huh?
00:42:21What was Mr. McSwat doing here?
00:42:23Oh, he's just a little jealous because I like you.
00:42:26By the way, how is your mother?
00:42:28Oh, somebody must have been playing a joke on Nobby.
00:42:31She wasn't there.
00:42:32Oh.
00:42:33Where is Nobby?
00:42:34Here's where she belongs.
00:42:35Oh, you'll wait here for me, and I go and get my wrap,
00:42:38and we go places, huh?
00:42:39Oh, it's getting kind of late.
00:42:41I think I...
00:42:41Not for us, darling, Angel.
00:42:48Good night, funny man with a big nose.
00:43:07Whitey, it's the dame.
00:43:08That's what it is.
00:43:09You know, he thinks more hard than he does of me.
00:43:12And if he don't show up and pose for the meds,
00:43:14we're going to lose a lot of soft dough.
00:43:17Why, it's funny what a dame will do to a guy in two weeks.
00:43:20He's ungrateful.
00:43:21After me taking him off the farm
00:43:23and using my brain to make him champ.
00:43:26And that's how he reciprocates.
00:43:28It says here that worry kills more people than bullets.
00:43:31What do I care how many bullets get killed?
00:43:32I'm worried about the champ.
00:43:34I thought you were going to bamper with your great personality.
00:43:37I did.
00:43:38And what happened?
00:43:39I wound up in the bathroom.
00:43:43How do you do, gentlemen?
00:43:50Hiya, fellas.
00:43:51It's about time.
00:43:53I've been waiting here an hour.
00:43:54Well, we're here, aren't we?
00:43:55I'm not talking to you.
00:43:57As far as I'm concerned, you can leave right now.
00:43:59Now, wait a minute, Nobby.
00:44:00I don't pose for any ads without Nina.
00:44:03She'll add the feminine touch.
00:44:05She'll add the touch, all right.
00:44:06Ah, Mr. Bulleter, the photographer's waiting.
00:44:09Go on, Nina.
00:44:10Wait a minute.
00:44:10It ain't in the contract.
00:44:12Well, put it in, Nobby,
00:44:13because that's the way it's going to be.
00:44:15Carl, you like that?
00:44:17Will you sign the releases, Mr. Bulleter?
00:44:19Ah, Mr. Walsh will attend to that.
00:44:22Mr. Walsh, please.
00:44:24I'll sign reluctantly.
00:44:31Come on, Whitey.
00:44:39Now, give us a little more sex, please.
00:44:42Sex?
00:44:44How about this?
00:44:48Why, it's preposterous.
00:44:50Hold it.
00:44:54That's all, thank you.
00:44:58Will you make your changes, please?
00:45:00Come on, honey.
00:45:01Everything all right, Nobby?
00:45:03Get me an aspirin.
00:45:05They say that women come from the rib of man.
00:45:07It must be the truth,
00:45:09because they give me a pain in the neck.
00:45:12Something must be done about this.
00:45:14All right, miss.
00:45:15Now, a nice smile.
00:45:19What kind of a place is this?
00:45:22Hey, look.
00:45:26And now, Miss Madero, you hold the golf bag.
00:45:30Now, champ.
00:45:31Show us your form.
00:45:33Form.
00:45:36How is it?
00:45:37That's fine.
00:45:38Hold it.
00:45:39Oh.
00:45:40Let's get out of here before they raid the joint.
00:45:44Here's the boys, Nobby.
00:45:47Hello, Nobby.
00:45:48Hi.
00:45:51Good afternoon, gentlemen.
00:45:55Listen, you mugs.
00:45:57I'm giving you a chance to make some easy money.
00:46:00Well, here it is.
00:46:02All you gotta do is lay down.
00:46:04The first time you get hit.
00:46:06I don't want my boy to hurt his hands.
00:46:09Do you understand?
00:46:12And if any of you guys let Palooka know
00:46:14that these fights ain't on the level,
00:46:17he's gonna feel the wrath of Nobby Walsh.
00:46:21Any wrath feelers in the crowd?
00:46:24No.
00:46:27All right.
00:46:28Then we'll proceed.
00:46:29Cardone, you fight in Pittsburgh on the 15th.
00:46:33O'Shea, have your boy in Buffalo on the 20th.
00:46:37Patrick, I want you to fight in Detroit on the 26th.
00:46:52No powder, Armand.
00:46:55Oui.
00:46:55They have.
00:46:56Finished, sir.
00:46:57Take care of him, Alphonse.
00:46:58Oui, oui.
00:46:59Thank you, sir.
00:47:01There you are, sir.
00:47:02Pay him, Alphonse.
00:47:03Oui, oui.
00:47:04Your coat, champ.
00:47:06Take it, Alphonse.
00:47:07Oui, oui.
00:47:08Oh, thank you, champ.
00:47:11Oh, a playboy with the rubber band off his poke.
00:47:14Go ahead.
00:47:15Spend your money with Reckless Abondant.
00:47:17Who let you in?
00:47:18Ben East, it's been a pleasure to manicure the nails of a champion.
00:47:21Alphonse, the money.
00:47:22Oui, oui.
00:47:25Oh, I can't change ten.
00:47:27Who said anything about change?
00:47:29Oh, thank you, champion.
00:47:30If you want me to come up tonight and give you a polish, right, just call Josephine.
00:47:34Well, not tonight, Josephine.
00:47:37Some other time.
00:47:38Yes.
00:47:40Flowers from the champ.
00:47:41Alphonse.
00:47:42Oui, oui.
00:47:44My colantile.
00:47:45Oui, oui.
00:47:46My coat.
00:47:47Oui, oui.
00:47:48Will you stop oui-weeing all over the joints?
00:47:50Oui, oui.
00:47:53I give up.
00:47:56Where you going?
00:47:58Places.
00:47:58I got an offer for personal appearances and vaudeville I got to talk to you about.
00:48:02Later.
00:48:03But this is important.
00:48:05Gosh, that's going to look swell on Nina.
00:48:08Well, if you ain't the sucker.
00:48:10What do you mean?
00:48:11That dame ain't in love with you.
00:48:13She's in love with the championship.
00:48:14What I do outside the ring is none of your business.
00:48:18This is love, Nobby.
00:48:20You wouldn't understand.
00:48:22I understand, all right.
00:48:23For a dame, you'd bite the hand that yanks you out of the gutter.
00:48:26For a dame, you'd kick a beautiful friendship right in the teeth.
00:48:29You're just putty in a woman's hand.
00:48:31Something to ravish and cast aside.
00:48:33Ah, monsieur is very handsome.
00:48:36Yes.
00:48:38Will you do one thing for me before you go?
00:48:41What is?
00:48:42Kiss me.
00:48:46Kiss him, Alfonso.
00:48:54What's the matter?
00:48:55If I wanted that pressed, I'd have sent it to a tailor.
00:49:00That guy's head's getting so big, it's a wonder we can get her through that door.
00:49:03Am I sizzling?
00:49:04Am I burning up?
00:49:06And I had to meet a guy like that by accident.
00:49:09What an accident.
00:49:10I'd have been better off if he'd have run over me.
00:49:12He's damned happy.
00:49:13That's what's done it.
00:49:14Oh, he's as screwy as a bulldog's tail.
00:49:17Why, I took him out of the gutter, and he's sitting back there without my help.
00:49:21I made him champ, even though he's a phony champ.
00:49:24And it's a personal tragedy to see him turn on me like this.
00:49:26I know it is.
00:49:27Yeah.
00:49:30Hello?
00:49:32A lady?
00:49:33Fine.
00:49:34That's just dandy.
00:49:36Now what's the matter?
00:49:38Another dame on the way up to see Joe.
00:49:40What is this place, a harem?
00:49:41I don't know.
00:49:42Whitey, you're going to see me as the champion troller of all times.
00:49:46Wait till that tomato comes in that door.
00:49:50Watch this technique.
00:49:56Say, you dames got to stop chasing...
00:49:57Who are you?
00:49:58Who am I?
00:49:59Whitey, tell her who I am.
00:50:01I'm Nobby Wallace, Joe Palooka's manager.
00:50:03I'm Joe Palooka's mother.
00:50:05Where's Joe?
00:50:07Joe Palooka's mother?
00:50:09Why, the clerk just said a dame was coming up.
00:50:11Yeah, a dame called Maine.
00:50:17Putting on the dog, isn't it?
00:50:22You'll find a difference here than down on a farm, Mrs. Palooka.
00:50:26Don't small-town me.
00:50:27I shook a hip-load of beads in this burg while it was still teething.
00:50:31Sit down.
00:50:34And who's the other gentleman?
00:50:37Oh, me?
00:50:38My name is Whitey.
00:50:39I'm Joe's trainer.
00:50:41So I've got you two guys to thank for making Joe a fighter.
00:50:44Don't thank us.
00:50:45No, don't thank us.
00:50:47I don't.
00:50:47Where is he?
00:50:49He's having dinner with, uh...
00:50:52He's having dinner.
00:50:53Yeah.
00:50:53Yeah, with that Nina dame he's been training around with.
00:50:56I don't let him run around with dames.
00:50:58I don't allow it.
00:51:00He's having dinner with some, uh...
00:51:02Some newspaper men.
00:51:03Oh, yeah?
00:51:04Yeah.
00:51:05Well, do you suppose that you could tear him out of their arms long enough to say hello to his
00:51:09mother?
00:51:09Uh...
00:51:10Make yourself comfortable and I'll be back in a jifty.
00:51:13Whitey.
00:51:13Entertain ma'am.
00:51:15Uh, Mrs. Palooka.
00:51:17Right the first time.
00:51:19Okay, ma'am.
00:51:23Would you...
00:51:24Would you like to read the police gazette?
00:51:26Ha!
00:51:27Say, I ain't seen one of these things since I stopped wearing tights.
00:51:33How long has he been trailing with that Nina dame?
00:51:36Nina?
00:51:37Oh, he hardly knows her.
00:51:40That's interesting.
00:51:41Yeah.
00:51:42He hardly knows her.
00:51:43Yeah, he hardly knows her.
00:51:45Yeah.
00:51:52Your eyes are as bright as diamonds.
00:51:55Not as bright as the diamonds you gave me, darling.
00:51:58Poor little Bracelet.
00:52:00He looks so lonely by himself.
00:52:02I'll give you two more to keep it company.
00:52:09Let go of it here, Nina.
00:52:11Hiya, now.
00:52:13Your ma just blew it to town.
00:52:14Ah, you can't fool me.
00:52:16I know that one.
00:52:17I'm telling you the truth.
00:52:19She's down at the hotel.
00:52:20Now, you know what happened to you the last time you said that.
00:52:24Joe, you're in your cups.
00:52:26What'll your mother say when she sees your place like a summer bungalow?
00:52:29Ah, we'll drink to my mother.
00:52:31You bet.
00:52:32We'll drink to my mother, the best little mother in the whole world.
00:52:36She calls me son on account of I'm her son.
00:52:40To my mother.
00:52:41To Joe's mother.
00:52:42Joe, let's go, will you?
00:52:43You mean I say you won't drink to my mother?
00:52:46You know I don't drink.
00:52:47What?
00:52:48Okay.
00:52:49To your mother.
00:52:50To my mother.
00:52:51To Joe's mother.
00:52:53Joe, come on, let's go.
00:52:55Sit down, Navi, sit down.
00:52:56Now we drink to my mother.
00:52:58Well, men insult the girl.
00:52:59Mother?
00:53:00Joe, your ma is waiting.
00:53:01Now, wait a minute here.
00:53:03We're going to drink to Nina's mother.
00:53:05You bet.
00:53:05To Nina's mother.
00:53:07To my mother.
00:53:11Now we drink to Navi's mother.
00:53:13I didn't know I had a mother.
00:53:15No father.
00:53:16Everybody has got a mother.
00:53:17We'll drink to Navi's mother.
00:53:20To my mother.
00:53:21Your mother.
00:53:22To Navi's mother.
00:53:33Now we'll drink to Mother Hubbard, Mother McCree, and Mother Goose.
00:53:45Say, that means 12 bottles of champagne and 42 mothers.
00:53:53Why, the sentiment is so beautiful, it makes me want to sing.
00:53:56Oh, don't sing.
00:53:58Oh, please don't sing.
00:53:59You don't know how to sing.
00:54:00Who don't know how to sing?
00:54:02Say, I got a voice like a nightingale.
00:54:05Watch me knock off this cadenza.
00:54:07M is for a million things you gave me.
00:54:11Yeah.
00:54:12O is for...
00:54:14Say, wait a minute.
00:54:19I'm Navi Walsh, the champ's manager.
00:54:21Navi Walsh, huh?
00:54:22Well, I told you a dozen times before you can't sing in here.
00:54:25Say, when a walsh makes up his mind to sing, he's going to sing.
00:54:29You'll rule at me.
00:54:30I'll put the finger on you.
00:54:32I'll put you on the spot.
00:54:35Now, get out and stay out.
00:54:38Hey, I repeat.
00:54:40When a walsh makes up his mind to sing, he's going to sing.
00:54:43Scram.
00:54:44Am I right?
00:54:45No.
00:54:45You can be wrong, too.
00:54:47Oh, yeah.
00:54:48I'll give it to you.
00:54:49If he'd have got any tougher, I'd have murdered him.
00:54:53Oh, yeah.
00:54:54We have a lot of fun.
00:54:55Have a duty.
00:54:57That's the boy.
00:54:58Now, I will help you.
00:55:02I'll take that coat.
00:55:03Hey!
00:55:04What do you say?
00:55:05What do you say?
00:55:05What do you say?
00:55:06I say, boy.
00:55:07Who is this boy?
00:55:08This is a public place.
00:55:09Just my mouth.
00:55:11I don't care.
00:55:12Let that farmhand fight or fire a coat.
00:55:14Who's the farmhand?
00:55:15Yo.
00:55:16Listen, you.
00:55:17Drop that coat or I'll drop you.
00:55:19At the boys, champ.
00:55:20Let me at him.
00:55:21Let me at him.
00:55:21I'll knock him colder than I did in the race.
00:55:23You're afraid to meet me there.
00:55:24Who says I'm afraid of me?
00:55:25Wait a minute.
00:55:26Boys, if you must fight, why not fight for a person?
00:55:28I'll fight him any time, any place, any way.
00:55:30The sooner the better.
00:55:31It's a bargain.
00:55:32I'll throw out the contacts and I'll send you one tomorrow.
00:55:35Now, give the little lady her ass.
00:55:36Okay.
00:55:36Give me back that.
00:55:38Ah, you don't.
00:55:39There you are.
00:55:40There you are.
00:55:41Now, listen, you.
00:55:42Don't you annoy this lady anymore.
00:55:44You understand?
00:55:45This is my girl and I want you to let her alone.
00:55:48I'll see you in the ring.
00:55:49Okay.
00:55:50I guess you told him, Juan de Angel.
00:55:52You are a silly little friend.
00:55:53I told him.
00:55:54He couldn't get away with anything.
00:55:55Come on, you big love.
00:55:56I hope he kills you the next time you see him.
00:55:58Come on, bang it up.
00:55:58Let's go have any more time.
00:55:59It's all right.
00:55:59I'll take care of him.
00:56:01Doc, it worked.
00:56:03You telling me?
00:56:04I'm going to give this story to the newspapers.
00:56:07Come on, kid.
00:56:10Can't sing, huh?
00:56:16I can't sing, huh?
00:56:26I can't sing, huh?
00:56:27Oh, Sean, my man.
00:56:29Oh, Sean.
00:56:32Slide over, sister.
00:56:34You're going to hear some real singing.
00:56:37That's it, baby.
00:56:38Just sit where you are.
00:56:42Once upon a time, they sang the boat of your dough.
00:56:46But that was long ago.
00:56:50Then everybody started in the boop-boop-ba-doop.
00:56:54They got tired of that, you know.
00:56:57But the tune for you and me
00:57:00is that swingy symphony.
00:57:04What a voice.
00:57:06They call it eight.
00:57:08A-dink-a-dee.
00:57:10A-dink-a-doo.
00:57:12A-dink-a-dee.
00:57:13So, so.
00:57:14Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-boo.
00:57:16Ba-ba-ba-boo.
00:57:18Just a crew.
00:57:19That hard, just a crew.
00:57:21Eight.
00:57:23A-dink-a-dee.
00:57:24A-dink-a-doo.
00:57:26A-dink-a-dee.
00:57:30There's a little bit of Bing Crosby and me.
00:57:33So you won't talk, huh?
00:57:36Eskimo Bell up in Iceland
00:57:40A-ringin'
00:57:43There's their old
00:57:46Paradise band singin'
00:57:50Eight.
00:57:51A-dink-a-dee.
00:57:52A-dink-a-doo.
00:57:54A-dink-a-dee.
00:58:00A-dink-a-dee.
00:58:01A-dink-a-dee.
00:58:01A-dink-a-dee.
00:58:01Hey, that'll do.
00:58:02Oh, you'll do that.
00:58:03Get your a-dinky-dinky-doo out of here.
00:58:09Gee, Mom, I wished you'd have telegraphed or something.
00:58:12I'd have met you at the train.
00:58:21What's the matter, son?
00:58:23Oh, nothin'.
00:58:25I...
00:58:25I had to go out last night, and...
00:58:27I didn't get in her kind of late.
00:58:30I know.
00:58:31I put you to bed.
00:58:37You...
00:58:38Put me to bed?
00:58:40Mm-hmm.
00:58:41And I've never seen a more thorough, rip-snorting jag since I walked out on your father.
00:58:48Gosh, Mom, I'm...
00:58:50I'm sorry you saw me that way.
00:58:53But a fella has to have some fun.
00:58:55I'm a big shot now, Mom.
00:58:57I'm the champ.
00:58:58You're the champ, all right.
00:59:00Well, I'm not the kid from the sticks anymore.
00:59:03You're right.
00:59:07Oh, gee, Mom.
00:59:08Everything's fine, honest.
00:59:10I'm making plenty of dough, and I can do a lot for you.
00:59:12I'm in love with a wonderful girl.
00:59:14Just wait till you see Nina.
00:59:16I know.
00:59:18I've seen her picture.
00:59:20Isn't she a wow?
00:59:23She's a couple of wows.
00:59:30What about Anne?
00:59:31Oh, that's different.
00:59:33That was before I was the champ.
00:59:36I've changed now in a lot of things.
00:59:38Nina's crazy about me.
00:59:40So is Anne crazy about you.
00:59:42Well, Anne was a swell girl back home.
00:59:46Son, Anne's a swell girl anyplace.
00:59:51Oh, maybe it's a good thing for Anne.
00:59:53Now that I'm different, she might not like me anymore.
00:59:59Well, I'm not so stuck on you myself.
01:00:10Well, good morning, Nell.
01:00:11Yeah, but it must be raining somewhere.
01:00:13What's the matter?
01:00:14Explain that before I swoon insensible before your very eyes.
01:00:19Is that the truth?
01:00:21Yeah, that's the truth.
01:00:22Well, I'm a monkey's uncle.
01:00:24That's got nothing to do with it.
01:00:26What's true?
01:00:27I hoped it was a tissue of lies.
01:00:30That barricade that wise.
01:00:32Forcing you into a match with McSwat.
01:00:34And you agreeing to it without consulting me, your manager.
01:00:37You may be my manager, but I'm doing the fighting.
01:00:39Listen to that.
01:00:40Say, you boys get along swell, don't you?
01:00:42You haven't heard nothing.
01:00:44It's mutiny.
01:00:45That's what it is.
01:00:45Mutiny.
01:00:48Hello?
01:00:50Just a moment.
01:00:51It's for you, Mrs. Palooka.
01:00:55Hello?
01:00:57Oh, yes.
01:00:58Send her right up.
01:00:59I've been expecting her.
01:01:04Who was it, Mom?
01:01:06Somebody I've got a lot to say to.
01:01:09You've got to listen to me, Joe.
01:01:10There's more in this than meets the eye.
01:01:12Ah, go get dressed and stop shooting off your face.
01:01:15I don't even wash until you answer to the voice of reason.
01:01:21Oh, come in.
01:01:26How do you do?
01:01:27I'm Nina Madeo.
01:01:29Oh, yes?
01:01:31I'm Joe's mother.
01:01:32I was so delighted when you telephoned me this morning
01:01:35and asked me to call.
01:01:36You see, I've been so very anxious to meet you.
01:01:39Sweet, Alville.
01:01:40I've been so anxious to meet you.
01:01:45Won't you sit down?
01:01:50You have a cigarette?
01:01:53Oh, no, no, thanks.
01:01:55I never smoke.
01:01:57May I offer you a drink?
01:01:58Oh, no, no, thanks.
01:02:00There's one thing I never touch.
01:02:05I noticed that.
01:02:07I understand that you're in love with my son.
01:02:11Well, he's everything in the world to me.
01:02:14That's why I wanted to see you.
01:02:17I want you to give him up.
01:02:21Oh, but you see, I love him.
01:02:24Now, get this, kid.
01:02:25I know dames like you.
01:02:27I've had a whole row behind me.
01:02:30Why, I don't understand you.
01:02:32Listen to me, you little tramp.
01:02:36You call me a tramp?
01:02:37I'd call you worse than that.
01:02:40Only I'm a lady.
01:02:41Yeah?
01:02:41Yeah.
01:02:43Now, get this.
01:02:44This boy of mine is good and clean.
01:02:47Something that you've never met before.
01:02:48I've raised him that way, and I'm going to keep him that way.
01:02:51If I have to wipe up the floor with you.
01:02:54Well, I love him.
01:02:55And I won't give him up.
01:02:57Can that.
01:02:58I'm on to all the tricks.
01:03:03Now, you get out.
01:03:08All right, I get out.
01:03:10But whether you like it or not, I'm going to see Joe.
01:03:13Because you see, I got what it takes to hold him.
01:03:17Well, you take it out.
01:03:23So you're all set on digging your own grave, huh?
01:03:26On committing professional suicide.
01:03:28Ah, you talk as if I didn't have a chance to win.
01:03:33Joe.
01:03:34I'm going to spill something that I've been concealing from you.
01:03:36You ain't got a chance.
01:03:38Ah, you're crazy.
01:03:39I knocked him out once, didn't I?
01:03:41You think you knocked him out.
01:03:42What really happened, McSweat came into that ring, stewed to the gills.
01:03:45You didn't knock him out.
01:03:47He fell down and he couldn't get up.
01:03:49Ah, I don't believe it.
01:03:51What about those other fights?
01:03:53They were all set-ups.
01:03:54Hand-picked.
01:03:55I personally paid every one of them to lay down.
01:03:58If I believed that, I'd knock you lopsided.
01:04:01But you're talking about a hooey.
01:04:03I'm the champ.
01:04:05Joe, listen to me.
01:04:06Would I lie to you?
01:04:06Now, you're just wasting your time, Nobby.
01:04:08I'm going to fight McSweat and that's that.
01:04:11You're going to fight McSweat.
01:04:13And my gold mine turns to what?
01:04:15Dust and ashes.
01:04:18Come on, be a regular guy.
01:04:20We're all reporters.
01:04:21We want a story about that fight in the Paradise Club last night.
01:04:24I don't know anything about it.
01:04:27Hey, don't push, will you, brother?
01:04:29Take it easy.
01:04:30Hello, Whitey.
01:04:31Hey, Whitey.
01:04:32Say there, Whitey.
01:04:33Here's your...
01:04:35How about a story on Palooka and that Nina Madera day?
01:04:39Hey, he's the champ in.
01:04:40Didn't you hear me tell you it's not this hotel?
01:04:42Yeah, but I'm his father.
01:04:43Pete Palooka?
01:04:44That's right.
01:04:46Sure enough.
01:04:47Hello, Pete.
01:04:47How are you?
01:04:48Okay.
01:04:49Just a moment.
01:04:49Thanks.
01:04:50907.
01:04:51Mr. Palooka to see Mr. Palooka.
01:04:53Who?
01:04:58Send him up.
01:04:59Thanks.
01:05:00Go right up.
01:05:01Sweet 907.
01:05:02Thanks.
01:05:03Say, he used to be a great fighter.
01:05:05Used to be champ.
01:05:06It's kind of down now.
01:05:17Well, maybe we'll both get a shock.
01:05:29Come in.
01:05:40Hiya, ma'am.
01:05:42You remembered the name.
01:05:47Oh, I never forgot you.
01:05:49Gee, you're looking swell.
01:05:51You're looking pretty good yourself.
01:05:52You ain't changed a bit.
01:05:54Oh, the same old Blowney, Pete.
01:05:56You've been practicing that a long time.
01:05:58Oh, I changed, though.
01:05:59Yeah?
01:05:59Yeah, a lot of water's passed under the bridge.
01:06:01Oh, no.
01:06:02No water ever passed under your bridge.
01:06:05Not while you were able to bend an elbow.
01:06:08Good old ma'am.
01:06:09Still picking on me.
01:06:11Seems like old times.
01:06:13This reunion is kind of sudden, Pete.
01:06:16What's the big idea?
01:06:17Oh, I wanted to see you.
01:06:19And I got a son I wanted to see, too.
01:06:23What a memory.
01:06:25Yeah, I know.
01:06:27Yeah, I was pretty bad dice.
01:06:29I don't blame you for shaking me.
01:06:31But I would like to see Joey, if you don't mind.
01:06:36Well, I guess you got a right to.
01:06:39You're his father.
01:06:40So I've always understood.
01:06:45Where is he?
01:06:46He's in there.
01:06:51We ought to be proud of that, kid.
01:06:54What do you mean, we?
01:07:05Hello, champ.
01:07:07Who is it?
01:07:08Well, I guess we don't have to exactly be introduced.
01:07:11My name's Pete Palooka.
01:07:16Pete Palooka?
01:07:17Yeah.
01:07:18I happen to be your old man.
01:07:25My dad?
01:07:26Kind of tough having to introduce yourself to your own kid.
01:07:29But I guess I deserve it.
01:07:31Well, what do you know about that?
01:07:34Gosh, I'm glad to see you, Dad.
01:07:36Are you, son?
01:07:37Sure.
01:07:38Say, I've been reading a lot about you.
01:07:39Nah, Mom's told me a lot about you, too.
01:07:41Yeah, we'll skip that.
01:07:43I just want you to know I'm proud of you, boy.
01:07:45You've done just what I wanted you to do.
01:07:47You won the championship.
01:07:49You're a great fighter.
01:07:51Yeah.
01:07:53Yeah.
01:07:54There seems to be some argument about that.
01:07:57About what?
01:07:59Well, you see, Dad, I gave McSwat a return match.
01:08:02And my manager says they ain't got a chance.
01:08:04He's crazy.
01:08:05Why, there never was a Palooka that couldn't fight.
01:08:07I've got to win this fight, Dad.
01:08:09You see, there's a girl I'm crazy about, and I've got to win for her.
01:08:13How would you like to have me train you?
01:08:15Would you?
01:08:16Sure.
01:08:17Oh, gee, Dad, that'd be great.
01:08:19Why, say.
01:08:20I'll teach you every trick I ever knew.
01:08:22You'll win the fight, all right, and a girl will be proud to marry you.
01:08:25Just the same as your mother was proud to marry...
01:08:27Well, we'll skip that, too.
01:08:30Gosh, Dad.
01:08:31Oh, it'll be great working with you.
01:08:33Sure.
01:08:33Oh, you don't know how glad I am to see you.
01:08:36You come back just at the right time.
01:08:39It's trees, and that's what it is.
01:08:41It's a castus trope.
01:08:42Well, what's the matter with you?
01:08:43It's the articles for the fight with McSwat.
01:08:45You don't want him to fight either, do you, Nubbin?
01:08:47Not this particular fight.
01:08:49There's a reason.
01:08:50I've got reasons, too.
01:08:53Gee, what a thug.
01:08:55Come on out here, Dad.
01:08:56Where do I got more room?
01:08:57Now show it to me again.
01:08:59Sure.
01:08:59Now you're faint with your left, and throw your right.
01:09:02See, and I catch as you're coming in.
01:09:03All right?
01:09:03Now look out.
01:09:08Gee.
01:09:09Hey, you see?
01:09:10I think I got it.
01:09:12Hey, wait a minute.
01:09:14What are you doing to my champ?
01:09:15Oh, Dad, I want you to meet my manager.
01:09:18Nobby Walsh is the name.
01:09:20Glad to know you, Mr. Palooka.
01:09:21Likewise.
01:09:23Gee, Mom, Dad's going to train me for the fight.
01:09:25Ain't that swell?
01:09:27Oh, yeah, swell.
01:09:28Say, maybe you can talk you out of that match with McSwat.
01:09:31Talk him out of it.
01:09:32Would me here to train him?
01:09:33From now on, he listens to me.
01:09:35Well, if you won't protect him, I'll protect him myself.
01:09:38He don't sign this contract.
01:09:40No, you don't now.
01:09:41I sign it right now.
01:09:42I won't sanctify the match.
01:09:44Now, you wait a minute, Nobby.
01:09:46Palooka's word is, uh, Palooka's word.
01:09:49Oh.
01:09:54Gee, Mame, this is the kick of a lifetime.
01:09:57I got here just in time.
01:09:59Yeah.
01:10:00Just when I was pounding some sense into Joe's head.
01:10:02You have to come along and put the kibosh on it.
01:10:06Well, I don't understand.
01:10:08The kid's got me to train him now.
01:10:09You want him to win this fight, don't you?
01:10:11I don't want him to fight at all.
01:10:12No, but you see, he's in love with a girl that wants him to win.
01:10:15And I'm going to help him so we can both dance at his wedding.
01:10:17I don't want him to marry the girl.
01:10:19I want him to get out of the dirty racket.
01:10:23Oh, hold on, Mame.
01:10:25You ain't trying to tell the boy how to live his own life, are you?
01:10:27If he wants to marry, that's his business.
01:10:29And if he wants to fight, that's his business, too.
01:10:32He's got to fight.
01:10:32He can't help it.
01:10:33He's a chip off the old block.
01:10:36You mean a slice off the old ham.
01:10:42I predict the knockout in the foot of the ground or maybe sooner.
01:10:45With the crown remaining in the brow of Joe Palooka.
01:10:48Look who trained him.
01:10:49Good old Pete Palooka.
01:10:50And look who engineered the job.
01:10:52Now he lost.
01:10:53I want to know to him.
01:10:54Did you get that photographer?
01:10:55Right.
01:10:56Now I ask you, gentlemen.
01:10:57Can he lose?
01:10:59Oh, you can't.
01:11:00Oh, boy.
01:11:00Ain't he in the field?
01:11:01Great.
01:11:02Step right up here.
01:11:02I'm going to find the best amount of manhood.
01:11:07160 on the dot.
01:11:08Will you step back here, champ, so I get a shot of you and your father?
01:11:11Sure.
01:11:12Come on, Mitch.
01:11:12Just one.
01:11:13I'll be there in a minute.
01:11:14Get up here.
01:11:16Hello, sucker.
01:11:20You're five pounds overweight.
01:11:21What are you talking about?
01:11:25Get your foot off there.
01:11:27Trying to collect the forfeit, though, hey?
01:11:28Of course I have it.
01:11:30For a minute, I thought I was standing at Dinty's Bar.
01:11:34Okay, McSwan.
01:11:35Boys, will you stand back here for a group shot?
01:11:36Group shot.
01:11:37Exactly.
01:11:37It's in the contract.
01:11:39Hiya, champ.
01:11:39Just line up by the desk, boys.
01:11:41What's the matter, Yokely?
01:11:41You scared?
01:11:42Yeah.
01:11:43I'm afraid I'll send you to the hospital.
01:11:45Better save the deal you make on this fight, because after tonight, you'll be through.
01:11:49My day, we did our fighting in the ring.
01:11:50I wish it was your day so I could fight the both of you.
01:11:53Just idle chatter.
01:11:54Why, you look.
01:11:54I could spot you 20 years and beat you right now.
01:11:56Lay down, Santa Claus.
01:11:57You're a husband.
01:11:58Knock me out, that monkey.
01:11:59There's no time and place for this thing.
01:12:01Save him for me, Dad.
01:12:03Yeah?
01:12:03After tonight, that two-timer dame of yours won't recognize you.
01:12:06Why, you dirty noob.
01:12:07Ready?
01:12:11Rats!
01:12:11Don't bat him.
01:12:23See you later, champ.
01:12:24Okay, Nobby.
01:12:25Any meal?
01:12:26Afternoon, Mr. Wolf.
01:12:26Good afternoon.
01:12:27Here comes Blackie Wolf.
01:12:29What a chiseler.
01:12:30How I'd love to cross him.
01:12:32Why, he's as square as a neg.
01:12:34How low, Blackie?
01:12:35I was just boosting you.
01:12:36Hello, Nobby.
01:12:37You're betting on the fights?
01:12:38That's just what I want to see you about.
01:12:40There's a lot of that McSwap money going around.
01:12:42You know me, Nobby.
01:12:43I don't bet unless it's a sure thing.
01:12:46Are you positive Palooka will win?
01:12:48Sure.
01:12:49It's a cinch.
01:12:50The old man has been training him.
01:12:51He's in the pink.
01:12:53In fact, it's in the bag.
01:12:55That's all I want to know.
01:12:57You know they're laying eight to five on the champs.
01:12:59You can even lay two to one.
01:13:01And it won't be gambling.
01:13:02It'll be highway robbery.
01:13:03I'm betting ten Gs on him myself.
01:13:06Ten thousand.
01:13:07Well, I'm going down to see Coakley.
01:13:09And I'm going to give him twenty grand to bet for me a two to one on Palooka.
01:13:13And if you hear of anybody that wants to bet on McSwap, send him around and I'll cut you in.
01:13:18Okay, Blackie.
01:13:20See you later.
01:13:21Come on, Slug.
01:13:26Hey, did you bet ten thousand dollars on Palooka?
01:13:29Certainly not.
01:13:30I'm going to bet on McSwap.
01:13:32McSwap?
01:13:33I want you to go down to see Coakley and bet our end of the Poisson Palooka.
01:13:39To lose.
01:13:41Why, that Blackie Wolf would rub you out for a nickel.
01:13:44You'd better not cross him.
01:13:45For twenty Gs, I'd cross the ocean in a paper bag.
01:13:48Get going and place that bet.
01:13:50I hope you know what you're doing.
01:13:52Obey orders.
01:13:55Do I know what I'm doing?
01:14:11There's Joe.
01:14:13Yeah, and there's his father.
01:14:15Oh, I'd love to meet him.
01:14:16He's not the kind of a man you meet every day.
01:14:18What do you mean?
01:14:19Well, I'm his wife.
01:14:20I've only met him once in twenty years.
01:14:25How are you, Nina?
01:14:26Hello, baby.
01:14:27Now, listen.
01:14:28Why, he's a thing.
01:14:29He got a glass, Gina.
01:14:30Wait a minute.
01:14:30I want to give you a kiss for good luck.
01:14:33And, you want some soda pop?
01:14:39Break it up.
01:14:40Break it up.
01:14:40Go on up that chair.
01:14:41Oh, mind your own business.
01:14:42That is my business.
01:14:43Is that so?
01:14:44Go ahead.
01:14:45Go ahead.
01:14:45Go ahead.
01:14:48Go ahead.
01:14:54I've never been to a prize fight before.
01:14:57It's exciting, isn't it?
01:14:58Oh, don't you hope he wins?
01:14:59No.
01:15:00I just hope he doesn't get hurt.
01:15:03Introducing the challenger,
01:15:08Al McDoine.
01:15:12And, in this corner, the middleweight champion of the world, Joe Palooka!
01:15:48The only one of those are yours.
01:15:49Give me a lot of confidence.
01:15:50Remember, son, they ain't never touched the canvas.
01:15:52And they ain't going to now.
01:15:53Don't throw that corkscrew till I give you the office.
01:15:55Okay, Dan.
01:16:12Come on, Joe.
01:16:13Finish him in the first round so we can go home early.
01:16:28Joe, give him the one-two.
01:16:29Into a bunza!
01:16:32Hey, don't forget who you're betting on.
01:16:36I'm going to deline you.
01:16:38If Palooka loses, I win plenty.
01:16:40But I'll never lift the Calypon.
01:16:49Hey, husband.
01:16:51I still wish I had you both in here.
01:17:17That brown rushers by a mile, shall we?
01:17:19I can do better, Dad, if he keeps that left out of my face.
01:17:22You certainly surprise me.
01:17:24You sure learned a lot from your dad.
01:17:26Joe, do what I tell you, eh?
01:17:28Why don't you evaporate?
01:17:30Oh, the pipe down.
01:17:31Keep him off with your left and cross him with your right.
01:17:34That sucker can hit.
01:17:35Are you all right now, Mac?
01:18:04Look around him, Joe.
01:18:05Keep punching.
01:18:06Keep punching.
01:18:12Hello.
01:18:13Hello.
01:18:14Hello.
01:18:17I tell you, Blackie, Coakley wouldn't lie to me.
01:18:25Yep.
01:18:26Hey, get me.
01:18:27Hey, listen, you.
01:18:29I just heard that you bet all your end of the purse on McSwap.
01:18:34What are you trying to do?
01:18:36Cross me?
01:18:37Don't talk like that.
01:18:39You make me feel kind of stagnating.
01:18:41If I double-cross you, could I ever look you in the face again?
01:18:45No.
01:18:45Just as I thought.
01:18:47Come on, Joe.
01:18:48Joe, Joe.
01:18:48Go on.
01:18:49Joe.
01:18:50There's a guy after my own heart.
01:18:51Yeah, with a big knife.
01:18:53Oh, you speak that great.
01:18:55Watch out, Joe.
01:18:56Go on.
01:19:00What is this, Harold?
01:19:03I can't stand any more of this.
01:19:05Let's get out of here.
01:19:13What a bloody punishment.
01:19:15I'm not talking for hunger.
01:19:17Come on, Joe.
01:19:17I can't stand any more of this, Dave.
01:19:18No.
01:19:19Well, I'll never know.
01:19:21Come on.
01:19:22Move it, Joe.
01:19:23Hey, God.
01:19:24Hey, God.
01:19:25Go.
01:19:26That's right.
01:19:38One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight, nine,
01:19:59eight, nine, nine, eight, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
01:20:11nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
01:20:12nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
01:20:17nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
01:20:19nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
01:20:24nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
01:20:27Well, what do you suppose happened?
01:20:28Well, how should I know?
01:20:31Well, aren't you nervous?
01:20:33No, I always take my exercise this way.
01:20:40Oh, come on, Maxwell. Kill him!
01:20:43Finish him, so we all can go home.
01:20:49You better throw the collar. He hasn't got a chance.
01:20:52You'll be doing him a favor.
01:20:53I can't. I promised Joey I wouldn't.
01:21:02If you don't throw it in, I will.
01:21:04No, you don't.
01:21:05Joey ain't gonna throw anything in there.
01:21:07Why, you took the words out of my mouth.
01:21:09All right, what are you doing?
01:21:23I'm gonna give him the money again.
01:21:24So Luke is a champ, eh?
01:21:26So you taught that punk everything you know, eh?
01:21:28Everything but this.
01:21:30Yeah, who you think you're hitting?
01:21:32Look out there!
01:21:33Hey, what's the big idea?
01:21:35What do you think of your hitting idea?
01:21:36Hey, what?
01:21:37Come here.
01:21:37Come here.
01:21:38How do you feel?
01:21:39You all right?
01:21:40You're all right, aren't you?
01:21:41How are you?
01:21:42Come on.
01:21:43I'm sorry to hit him, sir.
01:21:45Hey, look out.
01:21:47Four of your times are perfect.
01:21:48They come to me in a play.
01:21:50You say you hit him so hard he bounced.
01:21:51I couldn't have done it better myself.
01:21:53I never know it was so easy.
01:21:56Joe, you won?
01:21:58Huh?
01:22:00You're still champion?
01:22:03No, Mom.
01:22:04I lost.
01:22:09Congratulations, son.
01:22:11Nobby was right.
01:22:13I'm just a bust.
01:22:14Snap out of it.
01:22:15You put up a great battle.
01:22:16You've got nothing to be ashamed of.
01:22:17But your mother's right.
01:22:19Fighting's a tough racket.
01:22:20You're better off out of it.
01:22:21It took you 30 years to find it out.
01:22:23Are you hurt, Joe?
01:22:25No, Mom.
01:22:26Not much.
01:22:28Joe, this is the happiest moment of my life.
01:22:45Well, ma'am, you ought to be happy.
01:22:48You got your boy back and it looks like smooth sailing ahead.
01:22:51So I guess I'll shove off.
01:22:53She's waiting for me.
01:22:54What?
01:22:55Another blonde?
01:22:56No, Mary Ann.
01:22:58My ship.
01:23:00Oh.
01:23:01You must love the ocean.
01:23:04Well, not exactly.
01:23:05I'm always looking for something to better meself.
01:23:08You got a proposition to offer?
01:23:10Gee, but you look nice, Ann.
01:23:12You look twice as good as you ever did and I can only see you with one eye.
01:23:17Oh, I...
01:23:20I'm awfully sorry, Joey.
01:23:22Perhaps your sweetheart will bathe it for you.
01:23:24I wish she would.
01:23:26Oh.
01:23:27Why don't you ask her?
01:23:31Well...
01:23:32Will ya?
01:23:35Oh.
01:23:42Joey.
01:23:43Where is he?
01:23:43Where's Joe?
01:23:44Joe!
01:23:45Joe!
01:23:47Mom wants me.
01:23:50I got a happy message for you.
01:23:52Well, where's Nobby?
01:23:53Read that.
01:23:54It'll explain everything.
01:23:59Dear ex-champ, I am on my way to a hideout.
01:24:03How humiliatin'.
01:24:05I just got through triple crossing a double crosser.
01:24:08I hope you won't get sore at me, but I realized you couldn't beat McSwat, so I bet your end
01:24:14of the poise on him.
01:24:16I'm enclosing the winnings.
01:24:18Take it.
01:24:18It's all yours.
01:24:19Your loving ex-manager, Nobby.
01:24:23P.S.
01:24:24Please excuse writing as I'm writing while running.
01:24:28Ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:24:32Ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:24:45Joe!
01:24:47Well, Nobby, you!
01:24:48Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:24:49How are you?
01:24:50Hey, Smokey.
01:24:51Hey, Mom!
01:24:52Dad!
01:24:53Ann, look who's here!
01:24:54Will you?
01:24:54Gee, I'm glad you're doing fine.
01:24:56Oh, I'm doing fair.
01:24:57What are you doing, Noddy?
01:24:58Why, I'm McSwat's manager.
01:25:00No.
01:25:00Yeah.
01:25:02How are you, man?
01:25:03Noddy, how are you?
01:25:04Hey, how are you, honey?
01:25:07I want you to meet the life.
01:25:08What?
01:25:09Come, dear.
01:25:10Be careful.
01:25:11Hello, Nina.
01:25:13Hello, everybody.
01:25:16Hiya, Nina.
01:25:17Take a peek.
01:25:18What is?
01:25:20Junior.
01:25:20Come on, Junior.
01:25:22Say something to Daddy.
01:25:27Say something to Daddy.
01:25:29I did, I did, I did, I did.
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