Once Over Sam — Sorrowful Jones Character Profile

About Once Over Sam

Big Steve's henchman. He murders gambler Orville Smith after Orville overhears a phone call where Big Steve reveals that the horse race is fixed.

Character Facts

Played by

Tom Pedi

Appears in

Sorrowful Jones (1949)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Once Over Sam — Conflict Target And Enforcer — Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones (Bob Hope)

  Direct antagonism where Jones becomes the target of the gangster's violence.

• Once Over Sam — Power Boss And Enforcer — Big Steve Holloway (Bruce Cabot)

  Hierarchical criminal relationship based on obedience and violence.

• Once Over Sam — Conflict Assassin And Victim — Orville Smith (Paul Lees)

  Lethal enforcement relationship driven by gangster secrecy.

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More characters from Sorrowful Jones

• Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones (Bob Hope)
• Gladys O'Neill (Lucille Ball)
• Regret (William Demarest)
• Big Steve Holloway (Bruce Cabot)
• Reardon (Thomas Gomez)
• Psychiatrist (Emmett Vogan)
• Martha Jane Smith (Mary Jane Saunders)
• Orville Smith (Paul Lees)
• Doc Chesley (Houseley Stevenson)
• Big Steve's Bodyguard (Ben Welden)
• Psychiatrist (uncredited) (Maurice Cass)
• First Jockey (uncredited) (Bill Cartledge)