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Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

CrimeComedyRomance
1941, Movie, 1h 51min
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Country: United States
Director:
Howard Hawks
Cast:
William H. O'Brien,
Bert Stevens,
Addison Richards,
Charles Lane
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kasperlovborg
Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

A delightful romantic comedy from Hawks. Wilder's script is never laugh-out-loud funny, but brilliantly written and thought out. Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper, as the sassy tomboy and the professor who gets infatuated with her, are both te...

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Cast & Crew

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Howard Hawks
Director
William H. O'Brien
As Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Addison Richards
As District Attorney
Charles Lane
As Larsen
Eddy Chandler
As Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
As Motor Policeman
Pat Flaherty
As Deputy (uncredited)

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