The Kid from Kokomo

The Kid from Kokomo

Slaphappy Fun... as a strong country boy (Kid Galahad) who was fighting for the world's championship and a shoplifting mammy! Hilarious comedy! A laff-a-minute!

NR 1939 · 93 min · ★ 6.5 · Romance, Comedy

Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career searching for his parents, so Murphy hires two jailbirds to play his long lost parents to keep him in the ring.

Directed by Lewis Seiler · Written by Richard Macaulay

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Cast

Pat O'Brien William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
Wayne Morris Homer Baston
Joan Blondell Doris Harvey
May Robson Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
Jane Wyman Marian Bronson
Stanley Fields Muscles Malone
Maxie Rosenbloom Curley Bender
Sidney Toler Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson
Edward Brophy Eddie Black
Ward Bond Ladislaw Klewicki
Noble 'Kid' Chissell Boxer
Loia Cheaney Bronson's Maid

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