Ball of Fire (1941)
“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
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Gary CooperProfessor Bertram Potts
Barbara StanwyckSugarpuss O’Shea
Oskar HomolkaProf. Gurkakoff
Henry TraversProf. Jerome
S.Z. SakallProf. Magenbruch
Tully MarshallProf. Robinson
Leonid KinskeyProf. Quintana
Richard HaydnProf. Oddly
Aubrey MatherProf. Peagram
Allen JenkinsGarbage Man
Dana AndrewsJoe Lilac
Dan DuryeaDuke PastramiKeywords
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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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
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Ball of Fire has a runtime of 111 minutes.
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