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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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