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Cast
Bob Hope | As: Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones | |
Lucille Ball | As: Gladys O'Neill | |
William Demarest | As: Regret | |
Bruce Cabot | As: Big Steve Holloway | |
Thomas Gomez | As: Reardon |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | Funnier Than "The Paleface"! |
Certification: | NR |
Cast
Bob Hope |
Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones |
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Lucille Ball |
Gladys O'Neill |
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William Demarest |
Regret |
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Bruce Cabot |
Big Steve Holloway |
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Thomas Gomez |
Reardon |
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Tom Pedi |
Once Over Sam |
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Paul Lees |
Orville Smith |
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Houseley Stevenson |
Doc Chesley |
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Ben Welden |
Big Steve's Bodyguard |
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Emmett Vogan |
Psychiatrist |
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Mary Jane Saunders |
Martha Jane Smith |
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Erville Alderson |
Happy the Mortician (uncredited) |
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Ethel Bryant |
Nurse (uncredited) |
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John Butler |
Jack, Bettor on Green Demon (uncredited) |
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Claire Carleton |
Agnes 'Happy Hips' Noonan (uncredited) |
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Douglas Carter |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Bill Cartledge |
First Jockey (uncredited) |
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Maurice Cass |
Psychiatrist (uncredited) |
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George Chan |
Chinese Man (uncredited) |
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell |
Bookie (uncredited) |
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Michael Cirillo |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Tony Cirillo |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Charles Cooley |
Shorty (uncredited) |
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James Cornell |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Betty Corner |
Nurse (uncredited) |
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Edgar Dearing |
Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited) |
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Sayre Dearing |
Spectator (uncredited) |
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Jay Eaton |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Sam Finn |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Joe Gray |
Gambler (uncredited) |
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Chuck Hamilton |
Policeman (uncredited) |
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Henry Hope |
Motorcyclist (uncredited) |
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Jerry Hunter |
Newsboy (uncredited) |
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Selmer Jackson |
Doctor (uncredited) |
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Kenner G. Kemp |
Bookmaker (uncredited) |
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Bob Kortman |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Marc Krah |
Nick, the Barber (uncredited) |
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Pat Lane |
Bookie (uncredited) |
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Orley Lindgren |
Bit Part (uncredited) |
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Louise Lorimer |
Nurse-Receptionist (uncredited) |
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George Magrill |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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John Mallon |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Speer Martin |
Jockey (uncredited) |
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John "Skins" Miller |
Head Telephone Man (uncredited) |
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Ralph Montgomery |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Patsy O'Byrne |
Mrs. Oliver Sims (uncredited) |
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Ralph Peters |
Taxicab Driver (uncredited) |
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Dario Piazza |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Sally Rawlinson |
Nurse (uncredited) |
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Allen Ray |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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Suzanne Ridgway |
Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Eddie Rio |
Bookie (uncredited) |
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Jack Roberts |
Horse Player (uncredited) |
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John Shay |
Doctor (uncredited) |
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Billy Snyder |
Bookie (uncredited) |
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Arthur Space |
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) |
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Bert Stevens |
Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Delmar Thomas |
Exercise Boy (uncredited) |
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Sid Tomack |
Waiter at Steve's Place (uncredited) |
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Harry Tyler |
Blinky (uncredited) |
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Annette Warren |
Gladys O'Neill (singing voice) (uncredited) |
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Walter Winchell |
Himself (voice) (uncredited) |
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William Yip |
Bookie (uncredited) |
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Frank Mills |
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James Davies |
Directed By
Sidney Lanfield |
Director |
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Oscar Rudolph |
Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Edmund L. Hartmann |
Screenplay |
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Damon Runyon |
Story |
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Jack Rose |
Screenplay |
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Melville Shavelson |
Screenplay |
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Production Crew
Robert L. Welch |
Producer |
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Edited By
Arthur P. Schmidt |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Wally Westmore |
Makeup Supervisor |
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Mary Kay Dodson |
Costume Design |
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Sound
Jay Livingston |
Songs |
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Robert Emmett Dolan |
Original Music Composer |
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Ray Evans |
Songs |
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Harold Lewis |
Sound Recordist |
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John Cope |
Sound Recordist |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Daniel L. Fapp |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Hans Dreier |
Art Direction |
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Albert Nozaki |
Art Direction |
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Sam Comer |
Set Decoration |
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Bertram C. Granger |
Set Decoration |
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Other Crew
Gordon Jennings |
Special Effects |
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