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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 · Comedy Drama Romance. A gruff bookie's life is turned upside-down when he gets a 6-year-old kid as collateral for a bet. Director. Walter Bernstein. Writers. Damon Runyon. Walter Bernstein. Stars. Walter Matthau. Julie Andrews. Tony Curtis. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 1.9K users.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Walter Bernstein
- 1980-03-21
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.
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 will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
Outwardly joyless bookie Sorrowful Jones (Walter Matthau) is left with a little girl as a marker for a gambling debt. He finds his life irrevocably changed when the girl's father dies by suicide and he begins to care for her.
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- Universal Pictures
- Walter Bernstein
Set during the Great Depression, a precocious little girl is left as an I.O.U. with an irascible bookie. Director Walter Bernstein
Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed & written by Walter Bernstein (in his directorial debut), starring Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart and Sara Stimson. The film is a remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film. Set in 1934, bookie Sorrowful Jones...
