Movie · 1941
Ball of Fire
Released 2 December 1941 More from 1941 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
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How old were they?
Tully Marshall
as Prof. Robinson
Edward Clark
as Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)
S.Z. Sakall
as Prof. Magenbruch
Addison Richards
as District Attorney
Richard Haydn
as Prof. Oddly
Charles Lane
as Larsen
Barbara Stanwyck
as Sugarpuss O’Shea
Dan Duryea
as Duke Pastrami
Dana Andrews
as Joe Lilac
George Barton
as Garbage Man (uncredited)
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The numbers
45years between the oldest and youngest billed
77Tully Marshall — oldest on the call sheet
32Dana Andrews — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast