Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire
1941ComedyRomanceCrime111 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to lea... read more

  • Howard Hawks

    Director

  • Charles Brackett

    Screenplay

  • Billy Wilder

    Screenplay

  • Thomas Monroe

    Original Story

  • Billy Wilder

    Original Story

  • Gregg Toland

    Director of Photography

  • Daniel Mandell

    Editor

  • 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

  • Leonid Kinskey

    Prof. Quintana

  • Richard Haydn

    Prof. Oddly

  • Aubrey Mather

    Prof. Peagram

  • Allen Jenkins

    Garbage Man

  • Dana Andrews

    Joe Lilac

  • Dan Duryea

    Duke Pastrami

  • Ralph Peters

    Asthma Anderson

  • Kathleen Howard

    Miss Bragg

  • Charles Lane

    Larsen

  • Charles Arnt

    McNeary

  • Elisha Cook Jr.

    Waiter

  • Mary Field

    Miss Totten

  • Alan Rhein

    'Horseface'

  • Eddie Foster

    Pinstripe

  • Aldrich Bowker

    Justice of the Peace

  • Addison Richards

    District Attorney

  • Kenneth Howell

    College Boy

  • Tim Ryan

    Motor Policeman

  • Gene Krupa

    Himself — Orchestra Leader

  • Pat West

    Bum

  • Tommy Ryan

    Newsboy

  • Will Lee

    “Benny — the Creep”

  • George Barton

    Garbage Man (uncredited)

  • Doria Caron

    Girl in Subway (uncredited)

  • Ken Christy

    Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)

  • Eddy Chandler

    Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)

  • Edward Clark

    Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)

  • Pat Flaherty

    Deputy (uncredited)

  • Otto Hoffman

    Stage Doorman (uncredited)

  • Ethelreda Leopold

    Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)

  • Lorraine Miller

    Girl in Café (uncredited)

  • Ruth Clifford

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • Yvonne Duval

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • Joyce Matthews

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    111 minutes

    Released

    1941-12-02

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Samuel Goldwyn Productions

    RKO Radio Pictures

    Sound

  • Alfred Newman

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    36 days ago

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