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''Kid Monk Baroni'' is a 1952 American
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sport film directed by Harold D. Schuster. It is also known as ''Young Paul Baroni'' in the
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. It features
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, later in ''
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'' as
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, in his first lead role in a motion picture, as well as future
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actor Jack Larson of television's original '' Adventures of Superman'' series. This film was the first in producer Jack Broder's series of "The Billy Goat Gang" - the movie's opening titles are ''The Billy Goat Gang in Kid Monk Baroni'' - similar to other gang films series like
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and its antecedents. However, no further films were made.


Plot

A disfigured street kid (
Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy ( ; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes Development of Spock, originating Spock in Star Trek: T ...
), a member of the Billy Goat Gang, is shown how to box by a parish priest, Father Callahan ( Richard Rober), who also makes him part of the church choir. The priest introduces him to Emily. During a fight with the other members of the Billy Goats for ridiculing his church vestments, he accidentally knocks out Father Callahan and runs away from home to avoid the repercussions. He enters amateur bouts, and then goes for plastic surgery to correct his disfigurement. After the surgery, Monk becomes even more conceited, losing the respect of Angelo and Emily, and his manager convinces him to resume fighting to address his unpaid bills. During the comeback fight, Monk drops his dirty tactics and his opponent wins by split decision. With money going out due to Monk’s new clean tactics, his syndicate plans recoup their losses by forcing his return to dirty fighting. In the next fight after Monk’s reform, Father Callahan and Emily are in the audience for his match against the Wildcat, which Monk loses to TKO in round 6, costing the syndicate $20,000. Father Callahan congratulates Monk on his new ethics, and Monk and Emily reunite and marry to further Father Callahan’s sports initiative.


Cast

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Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy ( ; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes Development of Spock, originating Spock in Star Trek: T ...
as Paul "Monk" Baroni * Richard Rober as Father Callahan *
Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr.; April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll (character), Jack Driscoll in ''King Kong (1933 film), King Kong'' (1933) and for his roles in films s ...
as Mr. Hellman * Allene Roberts as Emily Brooks * Mona Knox as June Travers *
Kathleen Freeman Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1923August 23, 2001) was an American actress. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors and relatives, almost i ...
as Maria Baroni * Joseph Mell as Gino Baroni * Paul Maxey as Mr. Al Petry * Stuart Randall as Mr. Moore *Madelynn Broder as Little Girl in Church the Billy Goat Gang: * Jack Larson as Angelo *Budd Jaxon as Knuckles *Chad Mallory as Tony *Ted Avery as Joey *Archer MacDonald as Pete


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* * * 1952 films 1950s sports drama films American sports drama films 1950s English-language films American black-and-white films American boxing films Films directed by Harold D. Schuster Films scored by Herschel Burke Gilbert Jack Broder Productions Inc. films 1952 drama films 1950s American films English-language sports drama films {{1950s-US-drama-film-stub