Ball of Fire
(1941)

“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”

Released: 1941-12-02

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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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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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Gary Cooper

as Professor Bertram Potts

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Barbara Stanwyck

as Sugarpuss O’Shea

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Oskar Homolka

as Prof. Gurkakoff

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Henry Travers

as Prof. Jerome

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S.Z. Sakall

as Prof. Magenbruch

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Tully Marshall

as Prof. Robinson

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Leonid Kinskey

as Prof. Quintana

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Richard Haydn

as Prof. Oddly

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Aubrey Mather

as Prof. Peagram

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Allen Jenkins

as Garbage Man

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Dana Andrews

as Joe Lilac

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Dan Duryea

as Duke Pastrami

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Ralph Peters

as Asthma Anderson

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Kathleen Howard

as Miss Bragg

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Mary Field

as Miss Totten

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Alan Rhein

as 'Horseface'

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Eddie Foster

as Pinstripe

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Thomas Monroe

Original Story

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Billy Wilder

Original Story

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Edith Head

Costume Design

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Earl Rettig

Unit Manager

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Mel Berns

Makeup Artist

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McClure Capps

Assistant Art Director

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Frank Maher

Sound Engineer

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Perry Ferguson

Art Direction

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Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

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William Tummel

Assistant Director

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Gregg Toland

Director of Photography

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Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer

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Arthur Rosson

Second Unit Director

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John Sherwood

Assistant Director

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