Ball of Fire

7.3 / 10

(228 votes)

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy,

Romance,

Crime

Duration:

111 minutes

Year:

1941

Director:

Howard Hawks

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Company:

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Cast:
Gary Cooper

Professor Bertram Potts

Barbara Stanwyck

Sugarpuss O’Shea

Oskar Homolka

Prof. Gurkakoff

Henry Travers

Prof. Jerome

S.Z. Sakall

Prof. Magenbruch

Crew:
Edith Head

Costume Design

Billy Wilder

Original Story

Thomas Monroe

Original Story

Billy Wilder

Screenplay

Howard Hawks

Director