The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

A look back at the making of Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot."

Cast

Steven Jay Rubin

as Narrator

Billy Wilder

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Lemmon

as Self (archive footage)

Tony Curtis

as Self

I. A. L. Diamond

as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Diamond

as Self

Walter Mirisch

as Self

Marilyn Monroe

as Self (archive footage)

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