Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Gregg TolandComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Tully Marshall, Richard Haydn, Aubrey Mather, Allen Jenkins, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Bertram Potts is a young grammarian who lives with a zany group of professors while compiling an encyclopedia. He is pulled out of his world of rigid wording when he decides to document modern slang. One night he meets a local burlesque dancer, Sugarpuss O'Shea, who agrees to enlighten the scholars. As she grows closer to the professors (especially Bertram), their lives are thrown for a loop when her mobster boyfriend shows up. (Miramax Films)
(more)Cast
![Gary Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/978/161978231_317dfa.png)
Gary Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
![Barbara Stanwyck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423656_154a6e.png)
Barbara Stanwyck
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Oskar Homolka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424252_9aa4ee.jpg)
Oskar Homolka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Ball of Fire (1941)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Woman Alone (1936)
![Henry Travers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505189_c8ca03.jpg)
Henry Travers
UK
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Yearling (1946)
![S.Z. Sakall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/031/567/31567826_dbd84c.jpg)
S.Z. Sakall
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
![Tully Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228276_601c36.jpg)
Tully Marshall
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Scarface (1932)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![Richard Haydn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172484_91c54c.jpg)
Richard Haydn
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
![Aubrey Mather](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/913/160913196_5108c2.jpg)
Aubrey Mather
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
![Allen Jenkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886408_bd92bf.jpg)
Allen Jenkins
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Front Page (1974)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Dana Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/582/166582949_d1541e.jpg)
Dana Andrews
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Laura (1944)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Dan Duryea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271499_4eefb0.jpg)
Dan Duryea
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Ralph Peters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/133/161133326_afb241.jpg)
Ralph Peters
USA
Best movies:
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Kathleen Howard
Canada
Best movies:
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Laura (1944)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Charles Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/208/160208646_292f65.gif)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Charles Arnt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/964/160964289_810f18.jpg)
Charles Arnt
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Elisha Cook Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276596_631f46.jpg)
Elisha Cook Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Killing (1956)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
![Addison Richards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000166_d1af93.jpg)
Addison Richards
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Kenneth Howell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948647_2b40fb.jpg)
Kenneth Howell
USA
Best movies:
Ball of Fire (1941)
A Star Is Born (1937)
![Tim Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935032_4efdf3.jpg)
Tim Ryan
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
The Stratton Story (1949)
![Lorraine Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058642_8530af.jpg)
Lorraine Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)