Ball of Fire

1941

Action / Comedy / Romance

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 29 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 16234 16.2K

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Plot summary

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

Director

Howard Hawks Photo
Howard Hawks

Top cast

Ethelreda Leopold Photo
Ethelreda Leopold as Nursemaid at Park
Addison Richards Photo
Addison Richards as District Attorney
John Alban Photo
John Alban as Baseball Game Spectator
Oskar Homolka Photo
Oskar Homolka as Prof. Gurkakoff
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1 GB
960*720
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles us  es  fr  pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 7
1.86 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles us  es  fr  pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 21

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

This is a cracking little comedy with Gary

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 concluding his section on slang - only for him to realise that their studious isolation has left them so out of touch as to render his slang definition worthless. Off he sets into the city to learn more where he alights on night-club singer "Sugarpuss O'Shea" (Barbara Stanwyck) and her colleagues who offer him a fascinatingly new vernacular. Turns out that she is the moll of wanted gangster "Joe Lilac" (Dana Andrews) so she agrees to help them develop their book whilst using their dignified home as a hideaway. A bit like Greer Garson in "Goodbye Mr. Chips" (1939), only much feistier, she melts the hearts of the old starched shirts and soon Cooper has become totally smitten.... Both leads are on top form; the writing barely comes up for breath as this pacy, engaging comedy comes to a suitably Damoclean conclusion... Great fun!
Reviewed by metal-dad 8 / 10

Raises Some Question

How in hell have I never seen this film before or even been aware of it? How did I forget just how freaking hot Barbara Stanwyck was back in the day?Why can't Hollywood make movies this smart, funny, and good these days? Even though it's been displayed in other films like "Mr Deeds Goes to Town," how did Gary Cooper's comedic abilities surprise me in this one?This is a very enjoyable film. It's got snappy, funny dialogue and while the premise requires suspension of belief it's not so far-fetched as to prevent enjoyment.While there are film noir qualities it is more in line with the screwball comedies of the period. Big plus for featuring Gene Krupa and Roy Eldridge in the nightclub scene.Highly recommended.
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