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Some Like It Hot (1959)



After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.


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Some Like It Hot (1959) Film Poster

Director

  • Billy Wilder


Writers

Screenplay

  • Billy Wilder

  • I. A. L. Diamond


Story

  • Robert Thoeren

  • Michael Logan


Based on Fanfare of Love

  • Max Bronnet

  • Michael Logan

  • Pierre Prévert

  • René Pujol

  • Robert Thoeren


Cast

  • Marilyn Monroe as Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk

  • Tony Curtis as Joe/"Josephine"/"Shell Oil Junior"

  • Jack Lemmon as Jerry/"Jerraldine" and later "Daphne"

  • Joe E. Brown as Osgood Fielding III

  • George Raft as "Spats" Colombo

  • Pat O'Brien as Agent Mulligan

  • Nehemiah Persoff as "Little Bonaparte"

  • Joan Shawlee as Sweet Sue

  • Dave Barry as Mister Bienstock

  • Billy Gray as Sig Poliakoff

  • Barbara Drew as Nellie Weinmeyer

  • Grace Lee Whitney as Rosella (Fiddle)

  • George E. Stone as "Toothpick" Charlie

  • Mike Mazurki as Spats's henchman

  • Harry Wilson as Spats's henchman

  • Edward G. Robinson Jr. as Johnny Paradise

  • Beverly Wills as Dolores

  • Al Breneman as the bellboy


Source: IMDB & WIKI

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Some Like It Hot (1959)

  • Jan 21, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: May 30, 2023



After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.


Some Like It Hot (1959) Elevator Scene
Some Like It Hot (1959) Elevator Scene

Some Like It Hot (1959) Film Poster
Some Like It Hot (1959) Film Poster

Director

  • Billy Wilder


Writers

Screenplay

  • Billy Wilder

  • I. A. L. Diamond


Story

  • Robert Thoeren

  • Michael Logan


Based on Fanfare of Love

  • Max Bronnet

  • Michael Logan

  • Pierre Prévert

  • René Pujol

  • Robert Thoeren


Cast

  • Marilyn Monroe as Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk

  • Tony Curtis as Joe/"Josephine"/"Shell Oil Junior"

  • Jack Lemmon as Jerry/"Jerraldine" and later "Daphne"

  • Joe E. Brown as Osgood Fielding III

  • George Raft as "Spats" Colombo

  • Pat O'Brien as Agent Mulligan

  • Nehemiah Persoff as "Little Bonaparte"

  • Joan Shawlee as Sweet Sue

  • Dave Barry as Mister Bienstock

  • Billy Gray as Sig Poliakoff

  • Barbara Drew as Nellie Weinmeyer

  • Grace Lee Whitney as Rosella (Fiddle)

  • George E. Stone as "Toothpick" Charlie

  • Mike Mazurki as Spats's henchman

  • Harry Wilson as Spats's henchman

  • Edward G. Robinson Jr. as Johnny Paradise

  • Beverly Wills as Dolores

  • Al Breneman as the bellboy


Source: IMDB & WIKI

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