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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

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Cast

• 
  Gary Cooper

  Professor Bertram Potts
• 
  Barbara Stanwyck

  Sugarpuss O’Shea
• 
  Oskar Homolka

  Prof. Gurkakoff
• 
  Henry Travers

  Prof. Jerome
• 
  S.Z. Sakall

  Prof. Magenbruch
• 
  Tully Marshall

  Prof. Robinson

Crew

• Director · Howard Hawks
• Screenplay · Charles Brackett
• Screenplay · Billy Wilder
• Producer · Samuel Goldwyn