Ball of Fire
- Released on
Comedy, Romance, Crime
•- Runtime
- 111 mins
(203 votes)
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Cast
- Gary Cooper
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Oskar Homolka
- Henry Travers
- S.Z. Sakall
- Tully Marshall
- Leonid Kinskey
- Richard Haydn
- Aubrey Mather
- Allen Jenkins
- Dana Andrews
- Dan Duryea
- Ralph Peters
- Kathleen Howard
- Charles Lane
- Charles Arnt
- Elisha Cook Jr.
- Mary Field
- Alan Rhein
- Eddie Foster
- Aldrich Bowker
- Addison Richards
- Kenneth Howell
- Tim Ryan
- Gene Krupa
- Pat West
- Tommy Ryan
- Will Lee
- George Barton
- Doria Caron
- Ken Christy
- Eddy Chandler
- Edward Clark
- Pat Flaherty
- Otto Hoffman
- Ethelreda Leopold
- Lorraine Miller
- Ruth Clifford
- Yvonne Duval
- Joyce Matthews
- Patsy Moran
- Mildred Morris
- Edward Mundy
- Gerald Pierce
- Lynne Roberts
- Francis Sayles
- Helen Seamon
- George Sherwood
- Walter Shumway
- Bert Stevens
- Russell Wade
- Chalky Williams
- Martha Tilton
- John Alban
- Tex Brodus
- Chet De Vito
- Roy Eldridge
- Geraldine Fissette
- Laura Gile
- George Golden
- Catherine Henderson
- June Horne
- Merrillee Lannon
- Jean MacMurray
- Hal McIntyre
- Mike Morelli
- William H. O'Brien
- Jack Perry
Director
- Howard Hawks
Producers
- Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter
- Billy Wilder
- Charles Brackett
