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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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