The movie too HOT for words!
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
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Comic, classical in form, effortless and warm.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
50 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Genre Devotees.
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“Is this Billy Wilder's best work?”
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“Does Jack Lemmon steal Some Like It Hot from Tony Curtis?”
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“Is it funnier than it is smart?”
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Cast
- Tony CurtisJoe (Josephine)
- Jack LemmonJerry (Daphne)
- Marilyn MonroeSugar Kane Kowalczyk
- George RaftSpats Colombo
- Pat O'BrienDetective Mulligan
- Joe E. BrownOsgood Fielding III
- Nehemiah PersoffLittle Bonaparte
- Joan ShawleeSweet Sue
- Billy GraySig Poliakoff
- George E. StoneToothpick Charlie
Crew
- Billy WilderDirector
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- I. A. L. DiamondScreenplay
- Charles LangDirector of Photography
- Adolph DeutschOriginal Music Composer
- Arthur P. SchmidtEditor
- Billy WilderProducer
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Pairings
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