- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Release: 1942-01-09
- Director: Howard Hawks
- Writers: Charles Brackett , Billy Wilder , Thomas Monroe
- Language: English
- Stars: Gary Cooper , Barbara Stanwyck , Oskar Homolka , Henry Travers (I) (1874–1965) , S.Z. Sakall , Tully Marshall (1864–1943) , Leonid Kinskey , Richard Haydn , Aubrey Mather , Allen Jenkins
- Runtime: 111 min
- Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 4 nominations total
- AKA: Bola de fuego (Argentina) , Boule de feu (Belgium) , Colpo di fulmine (Italy) , Ball of Fire (United States of America) , Jään tänne yöksi (Finland) , O kathigitis kai i gymni horeftria (Greece) , Bola de fuego (Mexico) , 教授と美女 (Japan) , Boule de feu (France, French Republic) , Bola de fuego (Venezuela) , Mingea de foc (Romania) , Jag stannar över natten (Finland) , Ball of Fire , С огоньком , Szőke szélvész (Hungary) , Bola de Fogo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Jag stannar över natten (Sweden) , Ball of Fire (United Kingdom) , Yam -yam (Greece) , The Professor and the Burlesque Queen , Wirbelwind der Liebe (Germany) , Wirbelwind der Liebe , Bola de Fogo (Brazil) , Ball of Fire (Canada) , Вогняна куля (Ukraine) , Die merkwürdige Zähmung der Gangsterbraut Sugarpuss , Bola de fuego (Spain) , Bola de foc (Spain) , Jeg blir natten over (Norway) , Vuurbol (Belgium) , Ognista kula (Poland) , Acht professoren en een meisje (Netherlands the) , Professoren og korpigen (Denmark) , Ball of Fire (Singapore)
- Plot:
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
- IMDB:tt0033373
Ball of Fire Cast · · · ALL
Howard Hawks
Director
Gary Cooper
Professor Bertram Potts
Barbara Stanwyck
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Oskar Homolka
Prof. Gurkakoff
Henry Travers
(I)
(1874–1965)
Prof. Jerome
S.Z. Sakall
Prof. Magenbruch
Tully Marshall
(1864–1943)
Prof. Robinson
Leonid Kinskey
Prof. Quintana
Richard Haydn
Prof. Oddly
Aubrey Mather
Prof. Peagram
Allen Jenkins
Garbage Man
Dana Andrews
(I)
(1909–1992)
Joe Lilac
Dan Duryea
Duke Pastrami
Ralph Peters
Asthma Anderson
Kathleen Howard
Miss Bragg
Charles Lane
Larsen
Charles Arnt
McNeary
Elisha Cook Jr.
Waiter
Mary Field
Miss Totten
Eddie Foster
Pinstripe
Aldrich Bowker
Justice of the Peace
Addison Richards
District Attorney
Kenneth Howell
College Boy
Tim Ryan
(I)
(1899–1956)
Motor Policeman
Gene Krupa
Himself — Orchestra Leader
Pat West
Bum