Sidney Lanfield (Director) · Edmund L. Hartmann (Screenplay) · Damon Runyon (Story) · Jack Rose (Screenplay) · Melville Shavelson (Screenplay)
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)
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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.
