Ball of Fire

Dec 2, 1941

1h 51m

★ 7.3

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Crime

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Ball of Fire Trailers

Cast

Professor Bertram Potts

Gary Cooper

Sugarpuss O’Shea

Barbara Stanwyck

Prof. Gurkakoff

Oskar Homolka

Prof. Jerome

Henry Travers

Prof. Magenbruch

S.Z. Sakall

Prof. Robinson

Tully Marshall

Prof. Quintana

Leonid Kinskey

Prof. Oddly

Richard Haydn

Prof. Peagram

Aubrey Mather

Garbage Man

Allen Jenkins

Joe Lilac

Dana Andrews

Duke Pastrami

Dan Duryea

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