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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

1941 |1h 51m |  Comedy, Romance, Crime

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Cast

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Gary Cooper

Professor Bertram Potts

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Barbara Stanwyck

Sugarpuss O’Shea

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Oskar Homolka

Prof. Gurkakoff

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Henry Travers

Prof. Jerome

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S.Z. Sakall

Prof. Magenbruch

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Tully Marshall

Prof. Robinson

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Leonid Kinskey

Prof. Quintana

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Richard Haydn

Prof. Oddly

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Aubrey Mather

Prof. Peagram

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Allen Jenkins

Garbage Man

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Dana Andrews

Joe Lilac

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Dan Duryea

Duke Pastrami

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Ralph Peters

Asthma Anderson

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Kathleen Howard

Miss Bragg

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Charles Lane

Larsen

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Charles Arnt

McNeary

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Elisha Cook Jr.

Waiter

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Mary Field

Miss Totten

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Aldrich Bowker

Justice of the Peace

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Addison Richards

District Attorney

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Kenneth Howell

College Boy

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Tim Ryan

Motor Policeman

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Gene Krupa

Himself — Orchestra Leader

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Tommy Ryan

Newsboy

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Will Lee

“Benny — the Creep”

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Eddy Chandler

Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)

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Pat Flaherty

Deputy (uncredited)

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Otto Hoffman

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

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Ethelreda Leopold

Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)

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Lorraine Miller

Girl in Café (uncredited)

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Ruth Clifford

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Gerald Pierce

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

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Lynne Roberts

Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Russell Wade

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Martha Tilton

Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)

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Hal McIntyre

Saxaphonist (uncredited)

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William H. O'Brien

Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

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Jack Perry

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$2,641,000.00