

“A wildly romantic comedy about a cookie, a bookie, and the kid they bet their hearts on.”
Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life changes a great deal with her arrival and he finds sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
Directed by Walter Bernstein, Walter Matthau
User score
51 votes





Released
March 21, 1980
1h 43m
English

Walter Matthau
Sorrowful Jones

Julie Andrews
Amanda

Tony Curtis
Blackie

Bob Newhart
Regret

Lee Grant
The Judge

Brian Dennehy
Herbie

Kenneth McMillan
Brannigan

Andrew Rubin
Carter

Tom Pedi
Vittorio

Jacquelyn Hyde
Lola
Jessica Rains
Clerk

Wynn Irwin
Mr. Adams

Sara Stimson
The Kid

Joshua Shelley
Benny
Randy Herman
Fleabag Hotel Clerk

Nedra Volz
Mrs. Clancy

Jack Mullaney
Casino Pit Boss

Ralph Manza
Casino Worker
Jack DeLeon
Building Superintendent
Don Bexley
Sam