Storyline

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 her penniless father drowns himself. When Jones' Mafia boss nemesis Blackie (Tony Curtis) forces him to be a partner in an illegal casino hidden in the home of indebted heiress Amanda (Julie Andrews), he struggles to outmaneuver the dangerous kingpin, all the while making a bumbling attempt at fatherhood.

Plot Keywords

bookie, orphan, crime boss, heiress, assistant, judge, charming, hilarious, playful, emotional, new york city, casino, mansion, courtroom, gambling, abandonment, fatherhood, luck, poverty, crime, love, rivalry, underdog, transformation, growing up, 1930s

Short Review

The problem is that this Little Miss Marker obtusely ignores or obscures the elements that might justify it.

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