Synopsis
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.
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Director
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Walter Bernstein
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Producer
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Jennings Lang
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Screenwriter
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Walter Bernstein
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Distributor
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Universal Pictures
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Production Co
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Universal/Universal Int
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Rating
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PG
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Genre
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Comedy
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Original Language
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English
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Release Date (Theaters)
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Mar 21, 1980, Original
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Release Date (DVD)
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Nov 23, 2004
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Runtime
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1h 43m