Sorrowful Jones

IMDb link: 0041902
IMDb rating: 6.8 (1,005 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Bruce Cabot, William Demarest and others

Release date: 4 Jul 1949
Release year: 1949
Runtime: 88 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: bookie, character name as title, nickname as title, two word title, sorrowful jones character, hope and ball, based on short story, new york city, damon runyon broadway characters, father daughter relationship

Plot:

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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