Taking the Count

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1937 · 22 min · Comedy · TMDB 8.0/10

Overview

Now that they're engaged, Ann wants Joe to retire from the ring, seeing as how he's the heavyweight champ. Ann's mother, who doesn't want her daughter marrying "beneath" the wealthy family's standing, to set Ann up with a European count. What the mother doesn't know is that the "count" is after the family's money more than he is Ann.

Directed by Lloyd French

Cast

• Robert Norton — Joe Palooka
• Beverly Phalon — Ann Howe
• Shemp Howard — Knobby Walsh
• Charles Kemper — Richard Howe
• John Berkes — Johnny