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Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire (1941)

Comedy | 111 minutes
3,28 86 votes

Genre: Comedy / Romance

Duration: 111 minuten

Alternative titles: The Professor and the Burlesque Queen / Acht Professoren en een Meisje

Country: United States

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck and Oskar Homolka

IMDb score: 7,7 (15.756)

Releasedate: 2 December 1941

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Ball of Fire plot

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

A musichall singer, who is also the girlfriend of a gangster, is chased by the police because she has to testify against her crush. She finds shelter: a house in which eight scholars (seven of whom are old) have to compile an encyclopedia. The scholars are disturbed by her beauty, but also by the jargon of the young lady...

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Gary Cooper Gary Cooper

Professor Bertram Potts

Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck

Sugarpuss O’Shea

Oskar Homolka Oskar Homolka

Prof. Gurkakoff

Henry Travers Henry Travers

Prof. Jerome

S.Z. Sakall S.Z. Sakall

Prof. Magenbruch

Tully Marshall Tully Marshall

Prof. Robinson

Leonid Kinskey Leonid Kinskey

Prof. Quintana

Richard Haydn Richard Haydn

Prof. Oddly

Aubrey Mather Aubrey Mather

Prof. Peagram

Allen Jenkins Allen Jenkins

Garbage Man

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