The Kid from Kokomo

The Kid from Kokomo

93 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 23, 1939

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.

The Kid from Kokomo

93 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 23, 1939

The Kid from Kokomo
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Kid from Kokomo
Directors Lewis Seiler
Writers Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald, Dalton Trumbo

Cast

Pat O’Brien

as William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy

Wayne Morris

as Homer Baston

Joan Blondell

as Doris Harvey

May Robson

as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell

Jane Wyman

as Marian Bronson

Stanley Fields

as Muscles Malone

Maxie Rosenbloom

as Curley Bender

Sidney Toler

as Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson

Edward Brophy

as Eddie Black

Ward Bond

as Ladislaw Klewicki

Noble Chissell

as Boxer

Loia Cheaney

as Bronson's Maid