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Ball of Fire

7.419411h 51mMovieComedyRomanceCrime

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving…

DirectorHoward Hawks
WritersCharles Brackett·Billy Wilder
ProducerSamuel Goldwyn

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Cast · Directed by Howard Hawks

GCGary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Professor Bertram Potts
BSBarbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Sugarpuss O’Shea
OHOskar Homolka
Oskar Homolka
Prof. Gurkakoff
HTHenry Travers
Henry Travers
Prof. Jerome
SSS.Z. Sakall
S.Z. Sakall
Prof. Magenbruch
TMTully Marshall
Tully Marshall
Prof. Robinson
LKLeonid Kinskey
Leonid Kinskey
Prof. Quintana
RHRichard Haydn
Richard Haydn
Prof. Oddly
AMAubrey Mather
Aubrey Mather
Prof. Peagram
AJAllen Jenkins
Allen Jenkins
Garbage Man
DADana Andrews
Dana Andrews
Joe Lilac
DDDan Duryea
Dan Duryea
Duke Pastrami

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