Ball of Fire
Critics' Rating:
Release Year:
MPAA Rating:
NR
Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Howard Hawks
Hoping to update his chapter on modern slang, encyclopedia writer Professor Bertram Potts ventures into a chic nightclub. Inside, he meets the snarky burlesque performer ''Sugarpuss'' O'Shea . Fascinated by her command of popular jargon, Potts invites her to stay with him. But, unknown to Potts, she is the fiancée of a mobster and wanted by the police. In the ensuing mayhem, Potts must stay on his toes or be swallowed up by bigger fish.
Cast :
- Gary Cooper
- Prof. Bertram Potts
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea
- Dana Andrews
- Joe Lilac
- Oscar Homolka
- Prof. Gurkakoff (Mathematics)
- Dan Duryea
- Duke Pastrami
- S.Z. Sakall
- Prof. Magenbruch
- Richard Haydn
- Prof. Oddly (Botany)
- Henry Travers
- Prof. Jerome (History)
- Tully Marshall
- Prof. Robinson (Law)
- Gene Krupa
- Orchestra leader
- Producers :
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Writers :
- Charles Brackett , Billy Wilder , Billy Wilder , Thomas Monroe
