Sorrowful Jones

Sidney Lanfield
1949-07-04

Funnier Than "The Paleface"!
6.1
88 min

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.

Cast

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