Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

3.7 |
1h 51min

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

Story

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

Directors

Billy Wilder, Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks, William Tummel, Arthur Rosson, John Sherwood,

Writers

Thomas Monroe, Charles Brackett,

Tags

“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”

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