Little Miss Marker

• Director: Walter Bernstein
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Childhood Drama
• Themes: Orphans
• Main Cast: Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart
• Release Year: 1980
• Country: US
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

Screenwriter Walter Bernstein made his directorial debut with Little Miss Marker, a re-make of the Damon Runyon story that has been filmed many times before (most notably as Little Miss Marker with Shirley Temple, Sorrowful Jones starring Bob Hope, and the Tony Curtis vehicle 40 Pounds of Trouble). Here the cute little moppet is played by Sara Stimson, with Walter Matthau as the kid's nemesis Sorrowful Jones. The story concerns the relationship between the two when Little Miss Marker is left with Sorrowful as a down payment for one of her father's bets. Jones is involved with Blackie (Tony Curtis), who's trying to open an undercover casino in a mansion owned by Amanda (Julie Andrews). Jones and the kid find themselves in a number of dangerous scrapes as they try to keep one step ahead of the law -- and of Blackie. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

• 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; Joshua Shelley - Benny; Nedra Volz - Mrs. Clancy; Jacquelyn Hyde - Lola; Bill Ackridge; Simmy Bow; Lennie Bremen; John Finnegan - Clerk; Colin Gilbert; Alvin Hammer - Morris; Randy Herman - Clerk; Wynn Irwin; Joseph Knowland; Ralph Manza; Maurice Marks; Jack Mullaney; Tom Pedi - Vittorio; Henry Slate - Teller; Viola Kates Stimpson - "The Kid"; Jessica Rains - Clerk; Jack de Leon - Manager; Mark Anger; Stanley Lawrence; Louis Basile; Don Bexley - Sam; Eddie Ness; Sharri Zak

Credit

Ruth Morley - Costume Designer, Walter Bernstein - Director, Eve Newman - Editor, Walter Matthau - Executive Producer, Henry Mancini - Composer (Music Score), Edward C. Carfagno - Production Designer, Philip H. Lathrop - Cinematographer, Walter Matthau - Producer, Jennings Lang - Producer, Hal G. Gausman - Set Designer, Walter Bernstein - Screenwriter, Damon Runyon - Short Story Author

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Silas Marner; Sorrowful Jones; Silas Marner; 40 Pounds of Trouble