Movie Details
Original Title
Ball of Fire
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$2,641,000
Status
Released
Popularity
1.2
Key Crew
Screenplay
Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
Director
Howard Hawks
Editor
Daniel Mandell
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
Keywords
research
marriage proposal
slang
gangster
professor
nightclub
romcom
encyclopedia
singer
us republican party
mobster
black and white
screwball comedy
conga
nightclub singer
interrupted wedding
nightclub performer
academia
crime comedy
Reviews from TMDB
This is a cracking little comedy with Gary Cooper as the unlikely boffin "Prof. Potts" who, alongside a group of equally eminent academics has been working on an encyclopaedia for the previous 9 years - and they've only got to "S". Enter the mailman who is doing a radio quiz just as our professor is ...
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