Fresh
Casting is meticulously perfect to make every character a caricature of itself.
Variety Staff, Variety
Ball of Fire
“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”
1941 · 1h 51m · Approved
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Overview
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Director and cast
- Howard Hawks Director
- Gary Cooper as Professor Bertram Potts
- Barbara Stanwyck as Sugarpuss O'Shea
- Oskar Homolka as Prof. Gurkakoff
- Henry Travers as Prof. Jerome
- S.Z. Sakall as Prof. Magenbruch
- Tully Marshall as Prof. Robinson
- Leonid Kinskey as Prof. Quintana
- Richard Haydn as Prof. Oddly
- Aubrey Mather as Prof. Peagram
- Allen Jenkins Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A delight.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Mr. Cooper may be a little loose-tooth in spots, but he gives a homespun performance such as only he can give. Miss Stanwyck is plenty yum-yum (meaning scorchy) in her worldly temptress role.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Actor Cooper plays his Mr. Deeds role with the authority of long familiarity, and Miss Stanwyck (once Ruby Stevens, of Brooklyn) is equally at home in hers.
TIME Magazine
Fresh
Pure joy.
Time Out
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