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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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