Sorrowful Jones
Sorrowful Jones, also known as Damon Runyon's Sorrowful Jones, is a 1949 American comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film stars Lucille Ball and Bob Hope.
Plot
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. Jones has to pay all the many customers betting on the horse to win, which empties his pockets completely.
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| author | Edmund Hartmann Jack Rose Melville Shavelson |
|---|---|
| director | Sidney Lanfield |
| editor | Arthur P. Schmidt |
| events | gambling |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | adopted daughter arrest barber shop bet equine drug testing fire escape force hide hospital room injured kill land little girl married phone call race track speedball trap door win |
| musicBy | Robert E. Dolan |
| producer | Robert L. Welch |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | race |