Little Miss Marker

Synopsis

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.

Top cast

Shirley Temple

Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'

Adolphe Menjou

Sorrowful Jones

Charles Bickford

Big Steve Halloway

Dorothy Dell

Bangles Carson

Warren Hymer

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