Sorrowful Jones

Funnier Than "The Paleface"!

Duration: 88 min
Release date: 1949-07-04
IMDB

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.

Comedy

Sorrowful Jones

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Bob Hope
Bob Hope
as Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
as Gladys O'Neill
William Demarest
William Demarest
as Regret
Bruce Cabot
Bruce Cabot
as Big Steve Holloway
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
as Reardon
Tom Pedi
Tom Pedi
as Once Over Sam
Paul Lees
Paul Lees
as Orville Smith
Houseley Stevenson
Houseley Stevenson
as Doc Chesley
Ben Welden
Ben Welden
as Big Steve's Bodyguard
Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan
as Psychiatrist
Mary Jane Saunders
Mary Jane Saunders
as Martha Jane Smith
Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson
as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)
Ethel Bryant
Ethel Bryant
as Nurse (uncredited)
John Butler
John Butler
as Jack, Bettor on Green Demon (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Claire Carleton
as Agnes 'Happy Hips' Noonan (uncredited)
Douglas Carter
Douglas Carter
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
Bill Cartledge
as First Jockey (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
Maurice Cass
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
George Chan
George Chan
as Chinese Man (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Bookie (uncredited)
Michael Cirillo
Michael Cirillo
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Tony Cirillo
Tony Cirillo
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Charles Cooley
Charles Cooley
as Shorty (uncredited)
James Cornell
James Cornell
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Betty Corner
Betty Corner
as Nurse (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Edgar Dearing
as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Sayre Dearing
as Spectator (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Jay Eaton
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Sam Finn
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Joe Gray
as Gambler (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Chuck Hamilton
as Policeman (uncredited)
Henry Hope
Henry Hope
as Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Jerry Hunter
Jerry Hunter
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Selmer Jackson
as Doctor (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Kenner G. Kemp
as Bookmaker (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Bob Kortman
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Marc Krah
Marc Krah
as Nick, the Barber (uncredited)
Pat Lane
Pat Lane
as Bookie (uncredited)
Orley Lindgren
Orley Lindgren
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer
Louise Lorimer
as Nurse-Receptionist (uncredited)
George Magrill
George Magrill
as Horse Player (uncredited)
John Mallon
John Mallon
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Speer Martin
Speer Martin
as Jockey (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
John 'Skins' Miller
as Head Telephone Man (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Ralph Montgomery
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne
Patsy O'Byrne
as Mrs. Oliver Sims (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Dario Piazza
Dario Piazza
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Sally Rawlinson
Sally Rawlinson
as Nurse (uncredited)
Allen Ray
Allen Ray
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Suzanne Ridgway
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Eddie Rio
Eddie Rio
as Bookie (uncredited)
Jack Roberts
Jack Roberts
as Horse Player (uncredited)
John Shay
John Shay
as Doctor (uncredited)
Billy Snyder
Billy Snyder
as Bookie (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Arthur Space
as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Bert Stevens
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Delmar Thomas
Delmar Thomas
as Exercise Boy (uncredited)
Sid Tomack
Sid Tomack
as Waiter at Steve's Place (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Harry Tyler
as Blinky (uncredited)
Annette Warren
Annette Warren
as Gladys O'Neill (singing voice) (uncredited)
Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell
as Himself (voice) (uncredited)
William Yip
William Yip
as Bookie (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Frank Mills
as
James Davies
James Davies
as
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