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Little Miss Marker (1980) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1980 · 103 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Walter Bernstein
- Starring
- Julie Andrews, Brian Dennehy, Lee Grant, Kenneth McMillan, Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis
A wildly romantic comedy that follows 1930s bookie Sorrowful Jones, a cheap gambler who suddenly becomes caretaker of a young girl left as a marker for a high‑stakes bet. Her presence upends his shady world, leading him to fall for a woman also involved in gambling operations while navigating a series of comic mishaps.
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