Ball of Fire(1942)

Poster of Ball of Fire

Synopsis

Eight bookish professors, assembling a dictionary of slang, allow a stripper on the run from her gangster boyfriend to take refuge in their dormitory. As she assists them in de-coding the language of the streets, the detached academics learn a thing or two about love and sentimentality--and so does the stripper.
Eight bookish professors, assembling a dictionary of slang, allow a stripper on the run from her gangster boyfriend to take refuge in their dormitory. As she assists them in de-coding the language of the streets, …
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In Theaters

  • January 9, 1942

Genres

Comedy

Run Time

1 hour 51 minutes

Distributors

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

Howard Hawks

Director

CAST

Gary Cooper

Bertram Potts

Barbara Stanwyck

Sugarpuss O'Shea

Oscar Homolka

Professor Gurkahoff

Dana Andrews

Joe Lilac

Dan Duryea

Duke Pastrami

Henry Travers

Professor Jerome