| The Pigskin Palooka | |
| Director: | Gordon Douglas |
| Producer: | Hal Roach |
| Starring: | see below |
| Music: | Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley |
| Cinematography: | Art Lloyd |
| Editing: | William H. Ziegler |
| Distributor: | MGM |
| Runtime: | 10' 41' |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Pigskin Palooka is a 1937 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. It was the 159th Our Gang short to be released.[1]
Having written of his football heroics in military school, Alfalfa returns home to a hero's welcome. But the fact is that Alfalfa never played a game in his life and borrowed Rex's, a classmate and football player's uniform to take a picture, angering him as well. No sooner has he stepped off the train than his old pal Spanky, manager of the gang's football team, informs Alfalfa that he's been slated to be star player in an upcoming gridiron battle—which is to be staged within the next few hours. Alfalfa winds up winning the game in a total fluke, which Buckwheat and Porky helped cause.[2]
Daniel Boone, John Collum, Charles Flickinger, Larry Harris, Paul Hilton, Darwood Kaye, Tommy McFarland, Donald Proffitt, Drew Roddy, Harold Switzer
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