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Midnight Movie: Sorrowful Jones

on BBC Two England

Starring Bob Hope, Lucille Ball
with William Demarest, Bruce Cabot

Left as security on a bet, five-year-old Martha Jane finds her way to the flinty heart and, even more surprisingly, to the moth-ridden pocket of Sorrowful Jones, a penny-pinching small-time bookmaker.

Contributors

Director:
Sidney Lanfield
Producer:
Robert L. Welch
Sorrowful Jones:
Bob Hope
Gladys O'Neill:
Lucille Ball
Big Steve:
Bruce Cabot
Regret:
William Demarest
Martha Jane:
Mary Jane Saunders
Once Over Sam:
Tom Pedi
Lt. Reardon:
Thomas Gomez

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