Max Steele — Joe Palooka in the Knockout Character Profile

About Max Steele

The manager of the victim boxer. He is blackmailed into unwittingly causing the boxer's death. Overcome with fury and guilt, he seeks revenge by killing John Mitchell.

Character Facts

Played by

Whitford Kane

Appears in

Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Max Steele — Conflict Blackmailer — John Mitchell (Marc Lawrence)

  Mitchell uses coercion to force Max Steele into drugging the opponent.

• Max Steele — Alliance Co-conspirator — Howard Abbott (Morris Carnovsky)

  Abbott collaborates with Mitchell to exploit Max Steele's managerial position.

• Max Steele — Narrative Unwitting Cause — Joe Palooka (Joe Kirkwood Jr.)

  Max's accidental role creates the central misunderstanding that drives Joe's arc.

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