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Summary
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.
Cast
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
Paul Lees
Orville Smith
Houseley Stevenson
Doc Chesley
Ben Welden
Big Steve's Bodyguard
Emmett Vogan
Psychiatrist
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)
Frank Mills
James Davies
Crew
Director
Sidney Lanfield
Screenplay
Melville Shavelson
Screenplay
Jack Rose
Screenplay
Edmund L. Hartmann
Story
Damon Runyon
Reviews
John Chard
April 24, 2015
7
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 accepting a five year old girl as a betting marker, gets lumbered with the child when her father is wasted by gangster Big Steve Holloway (Bruce Cabot). Initially a fish out of water with the kid, Sorrowful strikes up a loving relationship with her and aided by his ex-girlfriend, Gladys O'Neill (Ball), fights to keep the child out of an orphanage.
It's not - as some of the posters proclaim - funnier than Paleface (either of them since the sequel is better), in fact it's not close to the funny heights achieved by Hope's next Runyon adapted picture, The Lemon Drop Kid. However, Sorrowful Jones is funny, Hope gets to deliver some absolute corking lines that are guaranteed to at the least put a big grin on your face, but there's a semi-seriousness to it all which thankfully works a treat alongside the quips and wonderfully strange situations that Jones finds himself in. With a weighty support cast that also features William Demarest and Thomas Gomez helping things along, and young Mary Jane Saunders adorable beyond compare, this is a little cracker of a picture to brighten your day. 7/10
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
Keywords
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