Sorrowful Jones (1949)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1949-07-04
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writers: Melville Shavelson , Edmund L. Hartmann , Jack Rose , Damon Runyon
Language: English
Stars: Bob Hope , Lucille Ball , William Demarest , Bruce Cabot , Thomas Gomez , Tom Pedi , Paul Lees , Houseley Stevenson , Ben Welden , Emmett Vogan
Runtime: 88 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Fuld af fiduser (Denmark) , Vrike to daskalo tou (Greece) , Несчастный Джонс , Kindermädchen wider Willen (Austria) , Savanyú Jones (Hungary) , Un crack qui craque (France, French Republic) , O falso Conde (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , 腰抜け顔役 (Japan) , Dejada en prenda (Mexico) , A Menina Mágica (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , A Menina dos Meus Olhos (Brazil) , Vemodiga Jonas (Sweden) , Der besiegte Geizhals , Sorrowful Jones (United Kingdom) , Sorrowful Jones (United States of America) , Sorrowful Jones (Australia) , Come divenni padre (Italy) , Smutny Jones (Poland) , Damon Runyon's Sorrowful Jones (United States of America) , Sorrowful Jones , La môme boule de gomme (Belgium) , Surullinen Joonas (Finland) , Sorrowful Jones (India)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0041902