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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.
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- Jennings Lang, Walter Matthau
Mar 21, 1980 · Little Miss Marker: Directed by Walter Bernstein. With Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart. A gruff bookie's life is turned upside-down when he gets a 6-year-old kid as collateral for a bet.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Walter Bernstein
- 1980-03-21
Little Miss Marker. Roger Ebert March 21, 1980. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Walter Matthau is one of Hollywood’s living wonders, a star character actor who understands so completely how his face, body and voice work that he’s able to give us the Matthau schtick and be subtle at the same time.
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 ...
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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 custody of his bookie ...
- (22)
- Adolphe Menjou
- Alexander Hall
- Comedy
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1980. Directed by Walter Bernstein. A wildly romantic comedy about a cookie, a bookie, and the kid they bet their hearts on. 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.
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. Walter Bernstein. Director, Screenplay.