Ball of Fire (1941)
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 (15.769)
Releasedate: 2 December 1941
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...
Actors and actresses
Professor Bertram Potts
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Prof. Gurkakoff
Prof. Jerome
Prof. Magenbruch
Prof. Robinson
Prof. Quintana
Prof. Oddly
Prof. Peagram
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