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Ball of Fire

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.

Director

Howard Hawks

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Samuel Goldwyn Productions,RKO Radio Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 4 nominations total

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Prof. Bertram Potts

Sugarpuss O'Shea

Barbara Stanwyck

Prof. Gurkakoff

Prof. Jerome

Prof. Magenbruch

Prof. Robinson

Prof. Quintana

Prof. Oddly

Prof. Peagram

Garbage Man

Joe Lilac

Duke Pastrami

Asthma Anderson

Miss Bragg

Kathleen Howard

Miss Totten

Larsen

McNeary

Waiter

Elisha Cook Jr.

'Horseface'

Pinstripe

Justice of the Peace

District Attorney

Addison Richards

Bum

College Boy

Newsboy

Motor Cop

Benny, the Creep

Gene Krupa Orchestra

Gene Krupa and His Orchestra

Baseball Game Spectator

Garbage Man

Passerby

Girl in Subway

Cop on Garbage Truck

Cop with Ms. Bragg

Motor Court Proprietor

Chorus Girl

Tollkeeper

Chorus Girl

Trumpeter

Hula Dancer

Geraldine Fissette

Deputy

date of Prof. Bertram Potts

Nightclub Patron

College Girl

Catherine Henderson

Stage Doorman

Nursemaid at Park

Gene Krupa - Orchestra Leader

Girl in Subway

Merrillee Lannon

Nursemaid at Park

Ethelreda Leopold

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Saxaphonist

Girl in Café

Lorraine Miller

Chorus Girl

Pool Hall Patron

Chorus Girl

Spieler

Baseball Game Spectator

William H. O'Brien

Pool Hall Patron

Delivery Boy

Veiled woman in Gene Krupa's audience

Taxi Driver

College Girl

Deputy

George Sherwood

Garbageman

Nightclub Patron

Nightclub Patron

Cop

Chalky Williams

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Let's not bog down in the middle of the letter S - Ball of Fire

Let's not bog down in the middle of the letter S

Your hair's wet Well never mind please - Ball of Fire

Your hair's wet Well never mind please

Papa had just one reason for ever starting this unfortunate enterprise - Ball of Fire

Papa had just one reason for ever starting this unfortunate...

Father had just one reason for ever starting this unfortunate enterprise - Ball of Fire

Father had just one reason for ever starting this...

That you mentioned a few minutes ago very strongly - Ball of Fire

That you mentioned a few minutes ago very strongly

Cleopatra queen of Egypt daughter of Ptolemy XIII born 69 BC - Ball of Fire

Cleopatra queen of Egypt daughter of Ptolemy XIII born 69 BC

I could use a bundle of scratch right now - Ball of Fire

I could use a bundle of scratch right now

I've just finished my article on slang - Ball of Fire

I've just finished my article on slang

I've just finished my article on slang - Ball of Fire

I've just finished my article on slang

That man talked a living language - Ball of Fire

That man talked a living language

Maybe my data on sex is a little outdated too - Ball of Fire

Maybe my data on sex is a little outdated too

Extra Extra Nab Benny the Creep in cement killing - Ball of Fire

Extra Extra Nab Benny the Creep in cement killing

Four words blitz it mister Blitz it will you You give me the mimis - Ball of Fire

Four words blitz it mister Blitz it will you You give me the...

Three, four, five, - Ball of Fire

Three, four, five,

Young man, what is
the name of that song? - Ball of Fire

Young man, what is the name of that song?

Okay what do you want hep cats More of the same - Ball of Fire

Okay what do you want hep cats More of the same

Young man what is the name of that young lady - Ball of Fire

Young man what is the name of that young lady

What is all this subpoena business - Ball of Fire

What is all this subpoena business

On account of Benny the Creep had an accident - Ball of Fire

On account of Benny the Creep had an accident

I hate to intrude like this but mine is a very - Ball of Fire

I hate to intrude like this but mine is a very

Suppose you tell the DA to take a nice running jump for himself - Ball of Fire

Suppose you tell the DA to take a nice running jump for...

How many of you are on this job - Ball of Fire

How many of you are on this job

You see I'm conducting an investigation on current slang - Ball of Fire

You see I'm conducting an investigation on current...

The complete conjugation All right I'll scraw - Ball of Fire

The complete conjugation All right I'll scraw

Good night. - Ball of Fire

I think you're a pair of cracked dice - Ball of Fire

I think you're a pair of cracked dice

You see the word puss means face Yes - Ball of Fire

You see the word puss means face Yes

Potts could you tell us what was it like backstage - Ball of Fire

Potts could you tell us what was it like backstage

It must be the statistics on San Salvador's saltpeter - Ball of Fire

It must be the statistics on San Salvador's saltpeter

One time I watched my big brother shave - Ball of Fire

One time I watched my big brother shave

Say who decorated this place - Ball of Fire

Say who decorated this place

Greek philosophy I've got a set like this with a radio inside - Ball of Fire

Greek philosophy I've got a set like this with a radio...

No I'm fine Except I've got a run in this stocking - Ball of Fire

No I'm fine Except I've got a run in this stocking

You don't think we could sort of begin the Beguine right now - Ball of Fire

You don't think we could sort of begin the Beguine...

If you want me tomorrow morning at 9 30 you - Ball of Fire

If you want me tomorrow morning at 9 30 you

Closer - Ball of Fire

SLIGHT rosiness - Ball of Fire

SLIGHT rosiness

We'll call you a heated taxi and furnish you with woolen socks and warm slippers - Ball of Fire

We'll call you a heated taxi and furnish you with...

If I might venture a suggestion - Ball of Fire

If I might venture a suggestion

Hi de ho fellows Hi de ho - Ball of Fire

Hi de ho fellows Hi de ho

Who was that guy learned so much from watching an apple drop - Ball of Fire

Who was that guy learned so much from watching an apple drop

How's about a little Benzedrine - Ball of Fire

How's about a little Benzedrine

I should have brought along my valet I'm a sucker for comfort - Ball of Fire

I should have brought along my valet I'm a sucker for...

With you at the control boards pushing the buttons - Ball of Fire

With you at the control boards pushing the buttons

Having some trouble - Ball of Fire

Having some trouble

Well they spoke very picturesquely Yeah very - Ball of Fire

Well they spoke very picturesquely Yeah very

Well I know Professor Peagram explains the corset he wears - Ball of Fire

Well I know Professor Peagram explains the corset he wears

Say kids I'm stuck Any of you can jerk a zipper - Ball of Fire

Say kids I'm stuck Any of you can jerk a zipper

I had this happen one night in the middle of my act - Ball of Fire

I had this happen one night in the middle of my act

There Oh swell - Ball of Fire

Don't tell me the jive session has beat off without baby - Ball of Fire

Don't tell me the jive session has beat off without...

I don't think you'll find our venture dull Miss O'Shea - Ball of Fire

I don't think you'll find our venture dull Miss...

There's another word I'd like to take up now - Ball of Fire

There's another word I'd like to take up now

Business kind of peaked, Jack? - Ball of Fire

Business kind of peaked, Jack?

I can't find the common denominator between the steps and the music - Ball of Fire

I can't find the common denominator between the steps...

Did you Did you get the records - Ball of Fire

Did you Did you get the records

This has given me a new interest in life Doc - Ball of Fire

This has given me a new interest in life Doc

That music is it coming from next door - Ball of Fire

That music is it coming from next door

That is the kind of woman that makes whole civilizations topple - Ball of Fire

That is the kind of woman that makes whole civilizations...

Don't look into the matter - Ball of Fire

Don't look into the matter

Hiya, Pottsy, come on, hook on! - Ball of Fire

Hiya, Pottsy, come on, hook on!

Hey, what's the big idea? - Ball of Fire

Hey, what's the big idea?

I'm supposed to stay in this old mans' home till the moths eat holes in me - Ball of Fire

I'm supposed to stay in this old mans' home till...

He sends ya' a love message - Ball of Fire

He sends ya' a love message

Third Avenue girl in the major league at last - Ball of Fire

Third Avenue girl in the major league at last

Miss O'Shea What's buzzing cousin - Ball of Fire

Miss O'Shea What's buzzing cousin

A little sun on my hair and you had to water your neck - Ball of Fire

A little sun on my hair and you had to water your neck

Maybe I'm just crazy but to me you're a regular yum yum type - Ball of Fire

Maybe I'm just crazy but to me you're a regular...

I don't give a whoop whether the others went for me - Ball of Fire

I don't give a whoop whether the others went for me

I'm going to show you what yum yum is - Ball of Fire

I'm going to show you what yum yum is

Did you see? He practically
stepped on my hand. - Ball of Fire

Did you see? He practically stepped on my hand.

Would you - Ball of Fire

Yum me just once more - Ball of Fire

Yum me just once more

- It seems so unnecessary.
- Yes. - Ball of Fire

- It seems so unnecessary. - Yes.

Professor Potts, the taxi
for that young woman is here. - Ball of Fire

Professor Potts, the taxi for that young woman is here.

If I were the cream for that woman's coffee - Ball of Fire

If I were the cream for that woman's coffee

Who's Richard ill - Ball of Fire

Who's Richard ill

Oh no nothing like that it's just that one of the professors got off the beam a little - Ball of Fire

Oh no nothing like that it's just that one of the...

I draw a salary of 3 200 per year - Ball of Fire

I draw a salary of 3 200 per year

And suppose you get a couple of the other old beavers to come along in the car - Ball of Fire

And suppose you get a couple of the other old beavers to...

We wish you every
happiness, my dear. - Ball of Fire

We wish you every happiness, my dear.

Certainly not I'm mink coat I'm no bungalow apron - Ball of Fire

Certainly not I'm mink coat I'm no bungalow apron

- What did you say?
- What? - Ball of Fire

- What did you say? - What?

- Hey.
- Sorry, sorry. - Ball of Fire

- Hey. - Sorry, sorry.

Sugie say what the sweet Judas gives out - Ball of Fire

Sugie say what the sweet Judas gives out

We're not down here to enjoy ourselves This is a wedding - Ball of Fire

We're not down here to enjoy ourselves This is a...

A man is a goof to marry any woman Just let them try to warn me - Ball of Fire

A man is a goof to marry any woman Just let them try to warn...

Being a botanist I find an astonishing parallel - Ball of Fire

Being a botanist I find an astonishing parallel

Robinson, what did you
make of what Oddly was saying? - Ball of Fire

Robinson, what did you make of what Oddly was saying?

- Were you calling me?
- Yes, we were, Potts. - Ball of Fire

- Were you calling me? - Yes, we were, Potts.

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A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.

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Director: Howard Hawks

Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe

Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions,RKO Radio Pictures

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1941

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 09 Jan 1942

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 4 nominations total

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