Ball of Fire

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

• Howard HawksDirector
• Charles BrackettScreenplay
• Billy WilderScreenplay
• Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer

• 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 Pastrami