Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
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Sorrowful Jones is a New York bookie who hides his operation behind a trap door in a Broadway barber shop. He suffers from a financial setback when a horse named Dreamy Joe, owned by gangster Big Steve Holloway, unexpectedly wins a race.
Sorrowful Jones, also known as Damon Runyon's Sorrowful Jones, is a 1949 American comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield.
- 88 min
- 378.5K
- DK Classics III
Sorrowful Jones: Directed by Sidney Lanfield. With Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot. A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. Her father disappears and he learns that taking care of her cramps his free-wheeling life.
- (872)
- Comedy, Drama
- Sidney Lanfield
- 1949-07-04
Directed by Sidney Lanfield. With Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest.Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/3EHdqe4.
- 2 min
- 469
- Unseen Trailers
A comedy film starring Bob Hope as a gambler who falls in love with Lucille Ball. See the full list of actors, writers, directors, producers and other crew members who worked on this classic movie.
Sorrowful Jones. A Runyonesque bookie (Bob Hope) receives a gambler's little daughter (Mary Jane Saunders) as a marker for a bet. Sorrowful Jones is a serviceable comedy but Bob Hope and...
- Comedy
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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.
