US Release date: 6 March 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 13 May 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 66 minutes.
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr. & Lina Romay
Australian Distributor: BEF
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for one week from 31 March 1950 supporting The Gallant Legion.
Suburban Release Type: Union 4-W-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 53 | 300 |
| EF PPE | 2.12 | 251 |
| Metres Travelled | 231,049 | 303 |
| Average MT | 9,242 | 331 |
| Engagements | 25 | 294 |
| Slots | 35 | 291 |
| Weeks | 10 | 116 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 40.00% | 115 |
| Saturdays | 8 | 248 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 32.00% | 203 |
| Tuesdays | 7 | 215 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 28.00% | 197 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 25 | 125 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 19 |
| Ratio | 76.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -10.67% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 5 |
| Ratio | 20.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 12.38% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 4.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.71% |
| Hoyts eng | 1 |
| Ratio | 4.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.16% |
| Independent eng | 19 |
| Ratio | 76.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.11% |
| Suburban eng | 5 |
| Ratio | 20.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.05% |
Notes: Another entry in Monogram’s Joe Palooka series, this quickie knocked out a mid-range number of supporting roles for various Union titles. Although a bottom rung-ranker it had a reasonably long life on screen in its first year.
The Big Fight engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 13/5/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Captain China |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 13/5/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Captain China |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 13/5/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Captain China |
| St.Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 13/5/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Black Magic |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 20/5/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Captain China |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 27/5/50 | 3 | W | 2 | The Heiress |
| Preston East | Gowerville | Independent | 3/6/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Key Largo |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 10/6/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Captain China |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 10/6/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Captain China |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 5 | S | 2 | The Third Man |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 5 | S | 2 | The Third Man |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 10/6/50 | 5 | T | 2 | The Plunderers |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 17/6/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Ma and Pa Kettle |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 17/6/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Tulsa |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 6 | S | 2 | The Third Man |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 6 | T | 2 | House of Strangers |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 24/6/50 | 7 | T | 2 | Enchantment |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 1/7/50 | 8 | T | 2 | Mr Perrin and Mr Traill |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 1/7/50 | 8 | W | 2 | Key Largo |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 29/7/50 | 12 | T | 2 | Forsyth Saga |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 19/8/50 | 15 | W | 2 | Forsyth Saga |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 19 | T | 2 | It Always Rains on Sunday |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 23/9/50 | 20 | T | 2 | The General Died at Dawn |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 21/10/50 | 24 | S | 2 | Tulsa |
| Port Melbourne | Port | Independent | 14/4/51 | 49 | W | 2 | Morning Departure |
The 1950 Project 