С огоньком
Ball of Fire
Release: 1941-12-02
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 7.3
комедия
мелодрама
криминал
Группа учёных в особняке, предоставленном им меценатами, который год трудится над созданием новой энциклопедии. Они уже дошли до буквы «с», и тут профессор филологии Поттс с ужасом выясняет, что его статья о сленге безнадёжно устарела! Учёный отправляется в народ, чтобы постичь азы современного языка улиц, знакомится в ночном клубе со сногсшибательной певицей «Пупсиком» О`Шей и приглашает её принять участие в научных диспутах. А между тем полиция сбилась с ног, разыскивая красавицу, ведь она может рассказать немало интересного о делах своего любовника, знаменитого гангстера Джо Лилака…
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tully Marshall
as Prof. Robinson
Lorraine Miller
as Girl in Café (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Jack Perry
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Aubrey Mather
as Prof. Peagram
Tim Ryan
as Motor Policeman
Дэна Эндрюс
as Joe Lilac
Dan Duryea
as Duke Pastrami
Aldrich Bowker
as Justice of the Peace
Addison Richards
as District Attorney
Pat West
as Bum
Tommy Ryan
as Newsboy
Leonid Kinskey
as Prof. Quintana
Charles Arnt
as McNeary
Will Lee
as “Benny — the Creep”
Oskar Homolka
as Prof. Gurkakoff
Pat Flaherty
as Deputy (uncredited)
Henry Travers
as Prof. Jerome
William H. O'Brien
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Гэри Купер
as Professor Bertram Potts
Элиша Кук-младший
as Waiter
Lynne Roberts
as Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Hal McIntyre
as Saxaphonist (uncredited)
Ш.З. Шакалль
as Prof. Magenbruch
Gene Krupa
as Himself — Orchestra Leader
Ethelreda Leopold
as Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
as Garbage Man
Otto Hoffman
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Russell Wade
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Kathleen Howard
as Miss Bragg
Чарльз Лэйн
as Larsen
Kenneth Howell
as College Boy
Eddy Chandler
as Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
as Asthma Anderson
Барбара Стэнвик
as Sugarpuss O’Shea
Ричард Хэйдн
as Prof. Oddly
Martha Tilton
as Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)