Little Miss Marker (1980 film)

Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedydrama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Damon Runyon. It stars Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart and new arrival Sara Stimson. It is a remake of the 1934 film of the same name starring Shirley Temple and Adolphe Menjou.

In the interim, a crime boss named Blackie Curtis coerces his longtime rival Sorrowful into financing a new gambling joint. It is opened in the stately home of Blackies girlfriend, widowed Amanda Worthington Andrews, who needs money to buy back her family property. Amanda is also counting on a racehorse of hers called Sir Galahad to ride to her rescue. While the Kids personal needs inconvenience Sorrowful, a fatherdaughter relationship develops between them and they become inseparable. Amanda also takes a liking to the Kid, and reluctantly, the icy Sorrowful, who eventually comes to love her as wellmuch to Blackies chagrin.In 1981, Sara Stimson was nominated for the female Young Artist Award in the category of Best Major Motion Picture Family Entertainment. Stimson lost to Diane Lane for her performance in Touched by Love. Little Miss Marker would become Stimsons only acting credit. ........

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