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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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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
Elisha Cook Jr.
Waiter
Eddy Chandler
Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
Professor Bertram Potts
Henry Travers
Prof. Jerome
Tim Ryan
Motor Policeman
Barbara Stanwyck
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Allen Jenkins
Garbage Man
Oskar Homolka
Prof. Gurkakoff
Dana Andrews
Joe Lilac
Charles Lane
Larsen
Leonid Kinskey
Prof. Quintana
Richard Haydn
Prof. Oddly
Charles Arnt
McNeary
Dan Duryea
Duke Pastrami
Ralph Peters
Asthma Anderson
Tully Marshall
Prof. Robinson
Addison Richards
District Attorney
Kenneth Howell
College Boy
Tommy Ryan
Newsboy
Jack Perry
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
S.Z. Sakall
Prof. Magenbruch
Hal McIntyre
Saxaphonist (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Deputy (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Kathleen Howard
Miss Bragg
Aubrey Mather
Prof. Peagram
Lynne Roberts
Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Pat West
Bum
Otto Hoffman
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Russell Wade
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Will Lee
“Benny — the Creep”
Martha Tilton
Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)
Lorraine Miller
Girl in Café (uncredited)
Aldrich Bowker
Justice of the Peace
Gene Krupa
Himself — Orchestra Leader
Mary Field
Miss Totten
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)
Gerald Pierce
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Helen Seamon
College Girl (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Deputy (uncredited)
Walter Shumway
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron (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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