Sorrowful Jones (1949)

Directed by

Sidney Lanfield

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stingy bookie is stuck caring for a little girl left as collateral on a bet. He finds his selfish habits challenged as he bonds with her. A nightclub singer gets involved when the girl's father does not return.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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