Movie: "Sorrowful Jones"
| Release Date: | Jun 1949 |
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Runtime: | min. |
| 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 (The Mortician (uncredited)) John Butler (Bettor on Green Demon (uncredited)) Claire Carleton (Agnes 'Happy Lips' Noonan (uncredited)) Douglas Carter (Horse Player (uncredited)) Bill Cartledge (First Jockey (uncredited)) Maurice Cass (Psychiatrist (uncredited)) George Chan (Chinese Man (uncredited)) Noble 'Kid' Chissel (Bookie (uncredited)) Michael Cirillo (Horse Player (uncredited)) Tony Cirillo (Horse Player (uncredited)) Charles Cooley (Shorty (uncredited)) James Cornell (Horse Player (uncredited)) James Davies (Horse Player (uncredited)) Edgar Dearing (Police Lieutenant Mitchell (uncredited)) Sam Finn (Horse Player (uncredited)) Joe Gray (Gambler (uncredited)) Selmer Jackson (Doctor (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)) John Mallon (Horse Player (uncredited)) John 'Skins' Miller (Head Telephone Man (uncredited)) Frank Mills (Horse Player (uncredited)) Patsy O'Byrne (Mrs. Oliver Sims, deaf scrubwoman...) Ralph Peters (Taxicab Driver (uncredited)) Sally Rawlinson (Nurse (uncredited)) Allen Ray (Horse Player (uncredited)) Eddie Rio (Bookie (uncredited)) Jack Roberts (Horse Player (uncredited)) John Shay (Doctor (uncredited)) Billy Snyder (Bookie (uncredited)) Arthur Space (Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)) Sid Tomack (Waiter at Steve's Place (uncredited)) Harry Tyler (Blinky (uncredited)) Walter Winchell (Himself - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)) William Yip (Bookie (uncredited)) |
Storyline: 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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