Ball of Fire
02/12/1941
2h

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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


Gary Cooper
Professor Bertram Potts


Barbara Stanwyck
Sugarpuss O’Shea


Oskar Homolka
Prof. Gurkakoff


Henry Travers
Prof. Jerome


S.Z. Sakall
Prof. Magenbruch


Tully Marshall
Prof. Robinson


Leonid Kinskey
Prof. Quintana


Richard Haydn
Prof. Oddly


Aubrey Mather
Prof. Peagram


Allen Jenkins
Garbage Man


Dana Andrews
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
Alan Rhein
'Horseface'
Eddie Foster
Pinstripe


Aldrich Bowker
Justice of the Peace


Addison Richards
District Attorney


Kenneth Howell
College Boy


Tim Ryan
Motor Policeman


Gene Krupa
Himself — Orchestra Leader


Pat West
Bum


Tommy Ryan
Newsboy


Will Lee
“Benny — the Creep”
George Barton
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Doria Caron
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)


Eddy Chandler
Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)


Pat Flaherty
Deputy (uncredited)


Otto Hoffman
Stage Doorman (uncredited)


Ethelreda Leopold
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)


Lorraine Miller
Girl in Café (uncredited)


Ruth Clifford
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Yvonne Duval
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Joyce Matthews
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Patsy Moran
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Mildred Morris
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Edward Mundy
Spieler (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce
Delivery Boy (uncredited)


Lynne Roberts
Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Helen Seamon
College Girl (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Deputy (uncredited)
Walter Shumway
Garbage Man (uncredited)


Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)


Russell Wade
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Chalky Williams
Cop (uncredited)


Martha Tilton
Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)
John Alban
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
Passerby (uncredited)
Chet De Vito
Tollkeeper (uncredited)
Roy Eldridge
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Geraldine Fissette
Hula Dancer (uncredited)
Laura Gile
Date of Prof. Bertram Potts (uncredited)
George Golden
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Catherine Henderson
College Girl (uncredited)
June Horne
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Merrillee Lannon
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Jean MacMurray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)


Hal McIntyre
Saxaphonist (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)


William H. O'Brien
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)


Jack Perry
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
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