Sorrowful Jones
Funnier Than "The Paleface"!
1949 · 1h 28m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
Sidney Lanfield
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.
Director and cast
- Sidney Lanfield Director
- Bob Hope as Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
- Lucille Ball as Gladys O'Neill
- William Demarest as Regret
- Bruce Cabot as Big Steve Holloway
- Thomas Gomez as Reardon
- Tom Pedi as Once Over Sam
- Paul Lees as Orville Smith
- Houseley Stevenson as Doc Chesley
- Ben Welden as Big Steve's Bodyguard
- Emmett Vogan as Psychiatrist
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