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The Kid from Kokomo 1939 Directed by Lewis Seiler

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!

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Comedy , Romance
Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date 23 May 1939
93 mins
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
Crew
Director
Lewis Seiler
Lewis Seiler
Writers
Richard Macaulay
Richard Macaulay
Jerry Wald
Jerry Wald
Producer
Samuel Bischoff
Samuel Bischoff
Cinematography
Sidney Hickox
Sidney Hickox
Composer
Adolph Deutsch
Adolph Deutsch
Editor
Jack Killifer
Jack Killifer
Story
Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo
Art Direction
John Hughes
John Hughes
Costume Design
Howard Shoup
Howard Shoup