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Sorrowful Jones

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Original title

Sorrowful Jones

Year

1949

Running time

88 min.

Country

United States

Director

Sidney Lanfield

Screenwriter

Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose, Edmund L. Hartmann. Tale: Damon Runyon

Cast

Music

Robert Emmett Dolan

Cinematography

Daniel L. Fapp (B&W)

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Comedy. Drama

Movie Groups

Damon Runyon Adaptations

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.

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Sorrowful Jones

1949

Sidney Lanfield