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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 · 1980. PG. 1h 43m. IMDb RATING. 6.3 /10. 1.7K. YOUR RATING. Rate. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Walter Bernstein
- 1980-03-21
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. Look at his work in “Little Miss Marker.”
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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Mar 21, 1980 · Screenwriter Walter Bernstein made his directorial debut with Little Miss Marker, a re-make of the Damon Runyon story that has been filmed many times before (most notably as Little Miss Marker with Shirley Temple, Sorrowful Jones starring Bob Hope, and the Tony Curtis vehicle 40 Pounds of Trouble).