Little Miss Marker

Jun 1 1934 Approved 1h 20m
Comedy, Drama, Family

Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.

Plot

Little Martha Jane, aka Little Miss Marker is left with the bookmaker Sorrowful Jones by her dad as part of a bet on a horse race. Sorrowful and his group of fellow bookies take to her, reluctantly at first, but their cynical ways start to rub off on her. Will a party set at Camelot bring back her faith in humanity?

Written by

Damon Runyon, William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman

Directed by

Alexander Hall

Cast

Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
1,489
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
68
Popularity
NA