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1941

BALL OF FIRE

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

Comedy
Romance
Crime
74

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Overview

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

Director: Howard Hawks
Runtime: 111 minutes
Budget: $0
Box Office: $2.64 million
Vote Average: 74

Cast

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Gary Cooper

Professor Bertram Potts

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Barbara Stanwyck

Sugarpuss O’Shea

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Oskar Homolka

Prof. Gurkakoff

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Henry Travers

Prof. Jerome

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S.Z. Sakall

Prof. Magenbruch

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Tully Marshall

Prof. Robinson

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Leonid Kinskey

Prof. Quintana

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Richard Haydn

Prof. Oddly

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Aubrey Mather

Prof. Peagram

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Allen Jenkins

Garbage Man

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Dana Andrews

Joe Lilac

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Dan Duryea

Duke Pastrami

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Ralph Peters

Asthma Anderson

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Kathleen Howard

Miss Bragg

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Charles Lane

Larsen

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Charles Arnt

McNeary

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Elisha Cook Jr.

Waiter

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Mary Field

Miss Totten

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Alan Rhein

'Horseface'

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Eddie Foster

Pinstripe

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Aldrich Bowker

Justice of the Peace

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Addison Richards

District Attorney

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Kenneth Howell

College Boy

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Tim Ryan

Motor Policeman

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Gene Krupa

Himself — Orchestra Leader

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Pat West

Bum

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Tommy Ryan

Newsboy

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Will Lee

“Benny — the Creep”

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George Barton

Garbage Man (uncredited)

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Doria Caron

Girl in Subway (uncredited)

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Ken Christy

Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)

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Eddy Chandler

Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)

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Edward Clark

Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)

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Pat Flaherty

Deputy (uncredited)

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Otto Hoffman

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

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Ethelreda Leopold

Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)

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Lorraine Miller

Girl in Café (uncredited)

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Ruth Clifford

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Yvonne Duval

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Joyce Matthews

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Patsy Moran

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Mildred Morris

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Edward Mundy

Spieler (uncredited)

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Gerald Pierce

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

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Lynne Roberts

Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)

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Francis Sayles

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Helen Seamon

College Girl (uncredited)

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George Sherwood

Deputy (uncredited)

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Walter Shumway

Garbage Man (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Russell Wade

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Chalky Williams

Cop (uncredited)

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Martha Tilton

Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)

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John Alban

Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

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Tex Brodus

Passerby (uncredited)

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Chet De Vito

Tollkeeper (uncredited)

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Roy Eldridge

Trumpeter (uncredited)

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Geraldine Fissette

Hula Dancer (uncredited)

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Laura Gile

Date of Prof. Bertram Potts (uncredited)

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George Golden

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Catherine Henderson

College Girl (uncredited)

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June Horne

Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)

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Merrillee Lannon

Girl in Subway (uncredited)

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Jean MacMurray

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Hal McIntyre

Saxaphonist (uncredited)

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Mike Morelli

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

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William H. O'Brien

Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

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Jack Perry

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

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