Ball of Fire

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

Gary Cooper

as Professor Bertram Potts

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

as Sugarpuss O’Shea

Oskar Homolka

Oskar Homolka

as Prof. Gurkakoff

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

as Prof. Jerome

S.Z. Sakall

S.Z. Sakall

as Prof. Magenbruch

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall

as Prof. Robinson

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

as Prof. Quintana

Richard Haydn

Richard Haydn

as Prof. Oddly

Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather

as Prof. Peagram

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

as Garbage Man

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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...

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