The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Edmund L. HartmannScreenplay
- Sidney LanfieldDirector
- Jack RoseScreenplay
- Melville ShavelsonScreenplay
- Robert Emmett DolanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bob HopeHumphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
- Lucille BallGladys O'Neill
- William DemarestRegret
- Bruce CabotBig Steve Holloway
- Thomas GomezReardon
- Tom PediOnce Over Sam
- Paul LeesOrville Smith
- Houseley StevensonDoc Chesley
- Ben WeldenBig Steve's Bodyguard
- Emmett VoganPsychiatrist
- Mary Jane SaundersMartha Jane Smith
- Erville AldersonHappy the Mortician (uncredited)