Ball of Fire (1941)

ALL 12/02/1941 (en) Comedy, Romance, Crime 111 Min
  • Release
    12/02/1941
  • Production
    Samuel Goldwyn Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    74%
  • Original title
    Ball of Fire
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 2,641,000.00
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“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

  1. Howard Hawks

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Samuel Goldwyn

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Gary Cooper

    Professor Bertram Potts

  2. Barbara Stanwyck

    Sugarpuss O’Shea

  3. Oskar Homolka

    Prof. Gurkakoff

  4. Henry Travers

    Prof. Jerome

  5. S.Z. Sakall

    Prof. Magenbruch

  6. Tully Marshall

    Prof. Robinson

  7. Leonid Kinskey

    Prof. Quintana

  8. Richard Haydn

    Prof. Oddly

  9. Aubrey Mather

    Prof. Peagram

  10. Allen Jenkins

    Garbage Man

  11. Dana Andrews

    Joe Lilac

  12. Dan Duryea

    Duke Pastrami

  13. Ralph Peters

    Asthma Anderson

  14. Kathleen Howard

    Miss Bragg

  15. Charles Lane

    Larsen

  16. Charles Arnt

    McNeary

  17. Elisha Cook Jr.

    Waiter

  18. Mary Field

    Miss Totten

  19. Alan Rhein

    'Horseface'

  20. Eddie Foster

    Pinstripe

  21. Aldrich Bowker

    Justice of the Peace

  22. Addison Richards

    District Attorney

  23. Kenneth Howell

    College Boy

  24. Tim Ryan

    Motor Policeman

  25. Gene Krupa

    Himself — Orchestra Leader

  26. Pat West

    Bum

  27. Tommy Ryan

    Newsboy

  28. Will Lee

    “Benny — the Creep”

  29. George Barton

    Garbage Man (uncredited)

  30. Doria Caron

    Girl in Subway (uncredited)

  31. Ken Christy

    Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)

  32. Eddy Chandler

    Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)

  33. Edward Clark

    Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)

  34. Pat Flaherty

    Deputy (uncredited)

  35. Otto Hoffman

    Stage Doorman (uncredited)

  36. Ethelreda Leopold

    Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)

  37. Lorraine Miller

    Girl in Café (uncredited)

  38. Ruth Clifford

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  39. Yvonne Duval

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  40. Joyce Matthews

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  41. Patsy Moran

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  42. Mildred Morris

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  43. Edward Mundy

    Spieler (uncredited)

  44. Gerald Pierce

    Delivery Boy (uncredited)

  45. Lynne Roberts

    Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)

  46. Francis Sayles

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  47. Helen Seamon

    College Girl (uncredited)

  48. George Sherwood

    Deputy (uncredited)

  49. Walter Shumway

    Garbage Man (uncredited)

  50. Bert Stevens

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 68 , Crews : 27

Keyword

Ball of Fire (1941) 111 Min

ALL 12/02/1941 (en)
Comedy, Romance, Crime
  • Release 12/02/1941
  • Production
    Samuel Goldwyn Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
  • Original title Ball of Fire
  • en
  • Revenue2,641,000.00

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

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.

  1. Howard Hawks

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Daniel Mandell

    Editor

  4. Samuel Goldwyn

    Producer