Sorrowful Jones (1949)

Name: Sorrowful Jones
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1949-07-04
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Thomas Gomez

Funnier Than "The Paleface"!

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.

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Released 1949-07-04 · 88 min · Comedy

Directed by Sidney Lanfield

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
Paul Lees as Orville Smith
Houseley Stevenson as Doc Chesley
Ben Welden as Big Steve's Bodyguard
Emmett Vogan as Psychiatrist
Mary Jane Saunders as Martha Jane Smith
Erville Alderson as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)
Ethel Bryant as Nurse (uncredited)
John Butler as Jack, Bettor on Green Demon (uncredited)
Claire Carleton as Agnes 'Happy Hips' Noonan (uncredited)