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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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