Sorrowful Jones (1949)
Funnier Than "The Paleface"!
1949 · NR · 1h 28m · Comedy
Genres: Comedy
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.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writers: Edmund L. Hartmann, Damon Runyon, Jack Rose
Music by: Robert Emmett Dolan
Cinematography: Daniel L. Fapp
Editor: Arthur P. Schmidt
Cast
Bob Hope as Humphrey "Sorrowful" JonesLucille Ball as Gladys O'NeillWilliam Demarest as RegretBruce Cabot as Big Steve HollowayThomas Gomez as ReardonTom Pedi as Once Over SamPaul Lees as Orville SmithHouseley Stevenson as Doc ChesleyBen Welden as Big Steve's BodyguardEmmett Vogan as PsychiatristMary Jane Saunders as Martha Jane SmithErville Alderson as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)More like this
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