Ball of Fire (1941)
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
- Released
- 1941-12-02
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Crime
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks, Charles Brackett, Howard Hawks
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 from 259 votes
Cast
- Gary Cooper as Professor Bertram Potts
- Barbara Stanwyck as Sugarpuss O’Shea
- Oskar Homolka as Prof. Gurkakoff
- Henry Travers as Prof. Jerome
- S.Z. Sakall as Prof. Magenbruch
- Tully Marshall as Prof. Robinson
- Leonid Kinskey as Prof. Quintana
- Richard Haydn as Prof. Oddly
- Aubrey Mather as Prof. Peagram
- Allen Jenkins as Garbage Man
- Dana Andrews as Joe Lilac
- Dan Duryea as Duke Pastrami