Sorrowful Jones

This second of four film adaptations of Damon Runyon's Little Miss Marker is tailored to the talents of Bob Hope. A shifty Broadway bookie, Sorrowful Jones (Hope) becomes a reluctant foster parent when an anxious gambler leaves behind his little girl Martha Jane (Mary Jane Saunders) as a "marker," ...more

Sorrowful Jones is not a "don't miss" movie, but it is notable for providing Bob Hope with the chance to play a real character, rather than a thin variation on the Bob hope persona. This is not to say that Sorrowful Jones has nothing in common with Hope; there are quite a few quips that were definitely written for the actor, not the character. Still, Hope is definitely creating a character here and not doing a half-bad job at it either. The problem is that neither the star nor the writers are ...more