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Directed by Lewis Seiler Music by Adolph Deutsch Initial release 23 May 1939 Music director Adolph Deutsch Production company Warner Bros. | 6.8/10 IMDb Produced by Samuel Bischoff Cinematography Sidney Hickox Director Lewis Seiler Story by Dalton Trumbo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Richard Macaulay
Jerry Wald Starring Pat O'Brien
Wayne Morris
Joan Blondell
May Robson
Jane Wyman
Stanley Fields Cast Jane Wyman, Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, May Robson Similar Joan Blondell movies, Boxing movies, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kid from kokomo the original trailer
The Kid from Kokomo is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Joan Blondell, May Robson, Jane Wyman and Stanley Fields. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 23, 1939.
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Plot
In need of a new prizefighter, manager Billy Murphy and his sweetheart Doris Harvey come across one in Kokomo, Indiana, a kid called Homer Baston who's got great potential. The kid's a little dim, however, explaining how he can't leave Kokomo because his mother abandoned him as a baby but promised to come back.
Billy and Doris convince him to go on the road, where Homer will have a better chance of finding his long-missing mother. Homer gets homesick, so Billy pays the bail of a thief, Maggie Manell, hiring her to pretend to be Homer's ma. She begins spending most of Homer's money, and Billy's scheme to bring in her pal Muscles Malone backfires when Homer's led to believe Muscles is his dad.
While falling for Marian Bronson, a reporter, Homer trains for a title fight against Curley Bender, but is convinced by "Ma" to lose on purpose because she owes money to gamblers. In the ring, Curley insults his mother, so Homer knocks him out. Billy and Doris look on as a double wedding is held, Homer marrying Marian while a reluctant Maggie and Muscles do likewise, becoming his new foster parents.