Movie
Sorrowful Jones
Released: July 4, 1949 (1949)
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genres: Comedy
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Houseley Stevenson as Doc Chesley
Age at release: 69
- William Demarest as Regret
Age at release: 57
- Emmett Vogan as Psychiatrist
Age at release: 55
- Ben Welden as Big Steve's Bodyguard
Age at release: 48
- Bob Hope as Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
Age at release: 46
- Bruce Cabot as Big Steve Holloway
Age at release: 45
- Thomas Gomez as Reardon
Age at release: 43
- Lucille Ball as Gladys O'Neill
Age at release: 37
- Tom Pedi as Once Over Sam
Age at release: 35
- Paul Lees as Orville Smith
Age at release: Unknown
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- Erville Alderson as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)
Age at release: 66
- John Butler as Jack, Bettor on Green Demon (uncredited)
Age at release: 65
- Maurice Cass as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Age at release: 64
- Edgar Dearing as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- Jay Eaton as Horse Player (uncredited)
Age at release: 50
- Sayre Dearing as Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
- Charles Cooley as Shorty (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
- Chuck Hamilton as Policeman (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Bookie (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Joe Gray as Gambler (uncredited)
Age at release: 37
- Claire Carleton as Agnes 'Happy Hips' Noonan (uncredited)
Age at release: 35
- Bill Cartledge as First Jockey (uncredited)
Age at release: 34
- Mary Jane Saunders as Martha Jane Smith
Age at release: 5
- Ethel Bryant as Nurse (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Douglas Carter as Horse Player (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- George Chan as Chinese Man (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Michael Cirillo as Horse Player (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- James Cornell as Horse Player (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Betty Corner as Nurse (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Sam Finn as Horse Player (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown