Ball of Fire Movie Review 1941

A gang moll hides out with a group of mundane professors, trying to avoid her loathsome boyfriend. The professors are busy compiling an encyclopedia and Stanwyck helps them with their section on slang in the English language. Cooper has his hands full when he falls for this damsel in distress and must fight the gangsters to keep her. Stanwyck takes a personal liking to naive Cooper and resolves to teach him more than just slang.

Distribution

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 111 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Fugitives, Organized Crime

Screenplay

Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett

Cast

Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Dana Andrews, Gene Krupa, Oscar Homolka, Dan Duryea, S.Z. Sakall, Henry Travers

Cinematography

Gregg Toland

Director

Howard Hawks

Music

Alfred Newman

Other

Daniel Mandell, Perry Ferguson

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn