Comedy · United States of America · 1949 · 1h 28m

Sorrowful Jones

Director

Cast

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

Crew

Daniel L. Fapp — Director of Photography Arthur P. Schmidt — Editor Robert Emmett Dolan — Original Music Composer Edmund L. Hartmann — Screenplay Melville Shavelson — Screenplay Jack Rose — Screenplay

Tagline

Funnier Than "The Paleface"!

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.

Mood & Themes

gangster

Key Collaborators

Sidney Lanfield Director Daniel L. Fapp Director of Photography Arthur P. Schmidt Editor Robert Emmett Dolan Original Music Composer Edmund L. Hartmann Screenplay Melville Shavelson Screenplay Jack Rose Screenplay Damon Runyon Story Robert L. Welch Producer Mary Kay Dodson Costume Design

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