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Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Director:Billy Wilder
Overview:
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
Release:
1959 / 03 / 19
Rating:
8.106
Genres & Subgenres:
Comedy
Romance
Detective
Tags:
Tony Curtis
as
Joe / Josephine
Jack Lemmon
as
Jerry / Daphne
Marilyn Monroe
as
Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
George Raft
as
Spats Colombo
Pat O’Brien
as
Detective Mulligan
Joe E. Brown
as
Osgood Fielding III
Nehemiah Persoff
as
Little Bonaparte
George E. Stone
as
Toothpick Charlie
Paul Frees
as
Funeral Director / Waiter / Josephine (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
as
Bouncer (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Laurie Mitchell
as
Mary Lou (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as
Waiter (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)