Sorrowful Jones (1949)

6.6/10 • 88 min • Comedy

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.

Cast

Bob Hope

Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones

Lucille Ball

Gladys O'Neill

William Demarest

Regret

Bruce Cabot

Big Steve Holloway

Thomas Gomez

Reardon

Tom Pedi

Once Over Sam

Paul Lees

Orville Smith

Houseley Stevenson

Doc Chesley

Ben Welden

Big Steve's Bodyguard

Emmett Vogan

Psychiatrist

Mary Jane Saunders

Martha Jane Smith

Erville Alderson

Happy the Mortician (uncredited)

Claire Carleton

Agnes 'Happy Hips' Noonan (uncredited)

Maurice Cass

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Bookie (uncredited)

Recommendations

The Air Up There
Love Happy
Henry Danger: The Movie
Little Giants
Dennis the Menace
Rookie of the Year
The Ladies Man
Little Big League
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
The Geisha Boy
Much Ado About Nothing
Go West
Take the Money and Run
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
The Trouble with Angels
Henchmen
Taking Care of Business
Fun with Dick and Jane
The Patsy
Sneakerella