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Little Miss Marker (also known as The Girl in Pawn) is an American Pre-Code 1934 comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Hall. It was written by William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, and Gladys Lehman after a 1932 short story of the same name by Damon Runyon.
Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein and based on a short story by Damon Runyon. It stars Walter Matthau , Tony Curtis , Julie Andrews , Bob Newhart and new arrival Sara Stimson.
Mar 21, 1980 · A bookie gets a 6-year-old girl as collateral for a bet in the 1930s. He falls in love with her and a rich widow, while facing a rival gambler and a judge.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Walter Bernstein
- 1980-03-21
Shirley Temple plays a girl left with a bookie by her father as part of a bet. She charms the cynical gamblers and learns to pray in this Damon Runyon adaptation.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Alexander Hall
- 1934-06-01
In the 1930s, cantankerous bookie Sorrowful Jones (Walter Matthau) reluctantly takes a young child (Sara Stimson) as collateral for a wager, but finds he's stuck with the adorable waif when...
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- Walter Bernstein
- PG
- Walter Matthau
Young Marthy "Marky" Jane (Shirley Temple) is left by her father as a makeshift marker for his $20 bet, but when he commits suicide, the little girl finds herself in the...
- (9)
- Comedy
She’s the marker. And when her father doesn’t come back, Sorrowful is stuck with her – along with various possible kidnapping charges. The first time around, in 1934, “Little Miss Marker” made Shirley Temple a star, and Adolphe Menjou was Sorrowful Jones.
