Movie

Ball of Fire

★ 7.4/10 · 252 votes 1941 1h 51m Released

ComedyRomanceCrime

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

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