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Ball of Fire
1941, Dec 02
1h 51m
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Addison Richards
District Attorney
Dan Duryea
Duke Pastrami
Elisha Cook Jr.
Waiter
Allen Jenkins
Garbage Man
Richard Haydn
Prof. Oddly
Gary Cooper
Professor Bertram Potts
Mary Field
Miss Totten
Will Lee
“Benny — the Creep”
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
S.Z. Sakall
Prof. Magenbruch
Barbara Stanwyck
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Eddy Chandler
Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Henry Travers
Prof. Jerome
Gene Krupa
Himself — Orchestra Leader
Ralph Peters
Asthma Anderson
Ruth Clifford
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Pat West
Bum
Leonid Kinskey
Prof. Quintana
Lorraine Miller
Girl in Café (uncredited)
Kathleen Howard
Miss Bragg
Pat Flaherty
Deputy (uncredited)
Tommy Ryan
Newsboy
Martha Tilton
Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)
Tully Marshall
Prof. Robinson
Tim Ryan
Motor Policeman
Kenneth Howell
College Boy
Oskar Homolka
Prof. Gurkakoff
Charles Arnt
McNeary
Charles Lane
Larsen
Dana Andrews
Joe Lilac
Aldrich Bowker
Justice of the Peace
Aubrey Mather
Prof. Peagram
Gerald Pierce
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Lynne Roberts
Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Russell Wade
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Hal McIntyre
Saxaphonist (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Alan Rhein
'Horseface'
Eddie Foster
Pinstripe
George Barton
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Doria Caron
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)
Yvonne Duval
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Joyce Matthews
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Patsy Moran
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Mildred Morris
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Edward Mundy
Spieler (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Helen Seamon
College Girl (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Deputy (uncredited)
Walter Shumway
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Chalky Williams
Cop (uncredited)
John Alban
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
Passerby (uncredited)
Chet De Vito
Tollkeeper (uncredited)
Roy Eldridge
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Geraldine Fissette
Hula Dancer (uncredited)
Laura Gile
Date of Prof. Bertram Potts (uncredited)
George Golden
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Catherine Henderson
College Girl (uncredited)
June Horne
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Merrillee Lannon
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Jean MacMurray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
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