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The Kid from Kokomo
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!

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RomanceComedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

23 May 1939

Country

United States of America

Cast

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy

Wayne Morris

Wayne Morris

Homer Baston

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Doris Harvey

May Robson

May Robson

Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell

Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Marian Bronson

Stanley Fields

Stanley Fields

Muscles Malone

Maxie Rosenbloom

Maxie Rosenbloom

Curley Bender

Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson

Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

Eddie Black

Ward Bond

Ward Bond

Ladislaw Klewicki

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Boxer

Loia Cheaney

Loia Cheaney

Bronson's Maid

Winifred Harris

Winifred Harris

Mrs. Bronson

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