Ball of Fire
Directed by Howard HawksA 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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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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Ball of Fire was released on December 2, 1941.
Ball of Fire was directed by Howard Hawks.
Ball of Fire has a runtime of 1h 52m.
Ball of Fire was produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
The key characters in Ball of Fire are Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper), Sugarpuss O’Shea (Barbara Stanwyck), Prof. Gurkakoff (Oskar Homolka).
Ball of Fire is rated Not Rated.
Ball of Fire is a Comedy, Romance, Crime film.
Ball of Fire has an audience rating of 8.9 out of 10.
Ball of Fire has made $2.6M at the box office.