Sorrowful Jones (1949)
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
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Plot.
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.
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Cast & Crew.
Bob Hope
Humphrey 'Sorrowful' Jones
Lucille Ball
Gladys O'Neill
William Demarest
Regret
Bruce Cabot
Big Steve Holloway
Thomas Gomez
Reardon
Tom Pedi
Once Over Sam
Sidney Lanfield
Director
Paul Lees
Orville Smith
Melville Shavelson
Writer
Houseley Stevenson
Doc Chesley
Edmund L. Hartmann
Writer
Ben Welden
Big Steve's Bodyguard
Jack Rose
Writer
Emmett Vogan
Psychiatrist
Damon Runyon
Writer
William R. Lipman
Writer
Mary Jane Saunders
Martha Jane Smith
Erville Alderson
Happy the Mortician (uncredited)
Ethel Bryant
Nurse (uncredited)
John Butler
Jack, Bettor on Green Demon (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Agnes 'Happy Hips' Noonan (uncredited)
Douglas Carter
Horse Player (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
First Jockey (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
George Chan
Chinese Man (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Bookie (uncredited)
Michael Cirillo
Horse Player (uncredited)
Tony Cirillo
Horse Player (uncredited)
Charles Cooley
Shorty (uncredited)
James Cornell
Horse Player (uncredited)
Betty Corner
Nurse (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Spectator (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Horse Player (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Horse Player (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Gambler (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)
Henry Hope
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Jerry Hunter
Newsboy (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Doctor (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Bookmaker (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Horse Player (uncredited)
Marc Krah
Nick, the Barber (uncredited)
Pat Lane
Bookie (uncredited)
Orley Lindgren
Bit Part (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer
Nurse-Receptionist (uncredited)
George Magrill
Horse Player (uncredited)
John Mallon
Horse Player (uncredited)
Speer Martin
Jockey (uncredited)
John "Skins" Miller
Head Telephone Man (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Horse Player (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne
Mrs. Oliver Sims (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Dario Piazza
Horse Player (uncredited)
Sally Rawlinson
Nurse (uncredited)
Allen Ray
Horse Player (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Eddie Rio
Bookie (uncredited)
Jack Roberts
Horse Player (uncredited)
John Shay
Doctor (uncredited)
Billy Snyder
Bookie (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Delmar Thomas
Exercise Boy (uncredited)
Sid Tomack
Waiter at Steve's Place (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Blinky (uncredited)
Annette Warren
Gladys O'Neill (singing voice) (uncredited)
Walter Winchell
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
William Yip
Bookie (uncredited)
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
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Wiki.
Sorrowful Jones, also known as Damon Runyon's Sorrowful Jones, is a 1949 American comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film stars Lucille Ball and Bob Hope.
Sorrowful Jones was a remake of a 1934 Shirley Temple film, Little Miss Marker. In the film, a young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones (Hope) as a marker for a bet. When her father does not return, he learns that caring for a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Lucille Ball plays a nightclub singer who is dating Sorrowful's boss. Ball's singing voice is provided by Annette Warren, who also sang for her in Fancy Pants and later provided the singing voice for Ava Gardner in Show Boat.