Damon Runyon

Musical comedy about the romancing of a beautiful Salvation Army missionary on a bet by a New York gentleman gambler. What initially begins as a bet, however, turns into true love.

Grouchy, harse-racing bookie Sorrowful Jones is given a child as collateral for a debt, but the debtor doesn't return. The little girl warms Jones' heart, but will his life and friends be a bad influence on her?

A gentleman-gambler falls in love with a missionary, while a floating crap-game operator avoids marriage to his long-time fiancee.