Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire
Release: 1941-12-02
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 7.3
Comedy
Romance
Crime
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Gene Krupa
as Himself — Orchestra Leader
Henry Travers
as Prof. Jerome
Will Lee
as “Benny — the Creep”
Otto Hoffman
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Deputy (uncredited)
Tommy Ryan
as Newsboy
Charles Arnt
as McNeary
Addison Richards
as District Attorney
Richard Haydn
as Prof. Oddly
Gary Cooper
as Professor Bertram Potts
Lorraine Miller
as Girl in Café (uncredited)
Russell Wade
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Kathleen Howard
as Miss Bragg
Kenneth Howell
as College Boy
Ethelreda Leopold
as Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Lynne Roberts
as Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Hal McIntyre
as Saxaphonist (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
as Garbage Man
Ralph Peters
as Asthma Anderson
Charles Lane
as Larsen
Tim Ryan
as Motor Policeman
Pat West
as Bum
Ruth Clifford
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Martha Tilton
as Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)
S.Z. Sakall
as Prof. Magenbruch
Dana Andrews
as Joe Lilac
Eddy Chandler
as Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck
as Sugarpuss O’Shea
Oskar Homolka
as Prof. Gurkakoff
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Waiter
Jack Perry
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Tully Marshall
as Prof. Robinson
Aldrich Bowker
as Justice of the Peace
Leonid Kinskey
as Prof. Quintana
Aubrey Mather
as Prof. Peagram
Dan Duryea
as Duke Pastrami
William H. O'Brien
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
