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Sorrowful Jones (1949)

"Funnier Than "The Paleface"!"

6.1/10 1h 28m Jul 04, 1949
Comedy

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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Movie Details

Original Title Sorrowful Jones
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2

Cast

Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
Popularity: 1.6
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Gladys O'Neill
Popularity: 1.4
William Demarest
William Demarest
Regret
Popularity: 1.0
Bruce Cabot
Bruce Cabot
Big Steve Holloway
Popularity: 0.7
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
Reardon
Popularity: 0.8
Tom Pedi
Tom Pedi
Once Over Sam
Popularity: 0.8
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Paul Lees
Orville Smith
Popularity: 0.8
Houseley Stevenson
Houseley Stevenson
Doc Chesley
Popularity: 0.2
Ben Welden
Ben Welden
Big Steve's Bodyguard
Popularity: 0.8
Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan
Psychiatrist
Popularity: 0.3
Mary Jane Saunders
Mary Jane Saunders
Martha Jane Smith
Popularity: 5.0
Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson
Happy the Mortician (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director Sidney Lanfield
Screenplay Edmund L. Hartmann, Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson
Editor Arthur P. Schmidt
Producer Robert L. Welch

Production

Paramount Pictures
US

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Backdrops
Backdrop Image

Keywords

gangster

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 7/10
Apr 24, 2015

Rock-a-bye Baby at Pimlico. Damon Runyon's Little Miss Marker had already been filmed in 1934 as a Shirley Temple starrer, this remake changes the title and brings in the star power of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, with great results. Story has Hope as sly bookie Sorrowful Jones, who after accept ... Read more

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Details
Release Date July 4, 1949
Runtime 1h 28m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2
Links
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