Sorrowful Jones
Summary:
This second of four film adaptations of Damon Runyon's Little Miss Marker is tailored to the talents of Bob Hope. A shifty Broadway bookie, Sorrowful Jones (Hope) becomes a reluctant foster parent when an anxious gambler leaves behind his little girl Martha Jane (Mary Jane Saunders) as a "marker," or IOU. When the father is killed by mobster Big Steve Holloway (Bruce Cab... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Bob Hope - (Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones)
Lucille Ball - (Gladys O'Neill)
William Demarest - (Regret)
Mary Jane Saunders - (Martha Jane Smith)
Bruce Cabot - (Big Steve Holloway)
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Review:
Sorrowful Jones is not a "don't miss" movie, but it is notable for providing Bob Hope with the chance to play a real character, rather than a thin variation on the Bob hope persona. This is not to say that Sorrowful Jones has nothing in common with Hope; there are quite a few quips that were definitely written for the actor, not the ... Continue >>
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