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