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.| Status: | Released (1949-07-04) |
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| Screen: | Melville Shavelson, Edmund L. Hartmann, Jack Rose |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 82388: Bob Hope - Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
- 40174: Lucille Ball - Gladys O'Neill
- 21510: William Demarest - Regret
- 3244: Bruce Cabot - Big Steve Holloway
- 18646: Thomas Gomez - Reardon
- 86184: Tom Pedi - Once Over Sam
- 111584: Paul Lees - Orville Smith
Crews
- 85841: Edmund L. Hartmann - Screenplay - Writing
- 97017: Sidney Lanfield - Director - Directing
- 120678: Damon Runyon - Story - Writing
- 7689: Wally Westmore - Makeup Supervisor - Costume & Make-Up
- 8641: Jay Livingston - Songs - Sound
- 8622: Hans Dreier - Art Direction - Art
- 85856: Albert Nozaki - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
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, ....
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