Sorrowful Jones poster

Sorrowful Jones( 1949)

TV-MAComedy
61%
User
Score

Funnier Than "The Paleface"!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Bob Hope

      Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones

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      Lucille Ball

      Gladys O'Neill

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      William Demarest

      Regret

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      Bruce Cabot

      Big Steve Holloway

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      Thomas Gomez

      Reardon

    6. cast image

      Tom Pedi

      Once Over Sam

    7. cast image

      Paul Lees

      Orville Smith

    8. cast image

      Houseley Stevenson

      Doc Chesley

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      Ben Welden

      Big Steve's Bodyguard

    10. cast image

      Emmett Vogan

      Psychiatrist

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      Mary Jane Saunders

      Martha Jane Smith

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      Erville Alderson

      Happy the Mortician (uncredited)

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      Ethel Bryant

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      John Butler

      Jack, Bettor on Green Demon (uncredited)

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      Claire Carleton

      Agnes 'Happy Hips' Noonan (uncredited)

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      Douglas Carter

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Bill Cartledge

      First Jockey (uncredited)

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      Maurice Cass

      Psychiatrist (uncredited)

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      George Chan

      Chinese Man (uncredited)

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      Noble 'Kid' Chissell

      Bookie (uncredited)

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      Michael Cirillo

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Tony Cirillo

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Charles Cooley

      Shorty (uncredited)

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      James Cornell

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Betty Corner

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Edgar Dearing

      Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)

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      Sayre Dearing

      Spectator (uncredited)

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      Jay Eaton

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Sam Finn

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Joe Gray

      Gambler (uncredited)

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      Chuck Hamilton

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      Henry Hope

      Motorcyclist (uncredited)

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      Jerry Hunter

      Newsboy (uncredited)

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      Selmer Jackson

      Doctor (uncredited)

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      Kenner G. Kemp

      Bookmaker (uncredited)

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      Bob Kortman

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Marc Krah

      Nick, the Barber (uncredited)

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      Pat Lane

      Bookie (uncredited)

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      Orley Lindgren

      Bit Part (uncredited)

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      Louise Lorimer

      Nurse-Receptionist (uncredited)

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      George Magrill

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      John Mallon

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Speer Martin

      Jockey (uncredited)

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      John 'Skins' Miller

      Head Telephone Man (uncredited)

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      Ralph Montgomery

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Patsy O'Byrne

      Mrs. Oliver Sims (uncredited)

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      Ralph Peters

      Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

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      Dario Piazza

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Sally Rawlinson

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Allen Ray

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      Suzanne Ridgway

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Eddie Rio

      Bookie (uncredited)

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      Jack Roberts

      Horse Player (uncredited)

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      John Shay

      Doctor (uncredited)

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      Billy Snyder

      Bookie (uncredited)

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      Arthur Space

      Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

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      Bert Stevens

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Delmar Thomas

      Exercise Boy (uncredited)

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      Sid Tomack

      Waiter at Steve's Place (uncredited)

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      Harry Tyler

      Blinky (uncredited)

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      Annette Warren

      Gladys O'Neill (singing voice) (uncredited)

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      Walter Winchell

      Himself (voice) (uncredited)

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      William Yip

      Bookie (uncredited)

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      Frank Mills

    65. cast image

      James Davies

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7
    Written by John Chard on Fri 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 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), fig...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • gangsters