Poster of Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.

Release Date: 1941-12-02

Original Language: en

Genres: Comedy Romance Crime

Rating:

Popularity:

11.476

Cast Members

Gary Cooper

Professor Bertram Potts

Barbara Stanwyck

Sugarpuss O’Shea

Oskar Homolka

Prof. Gurkakoff

Henry Travers

Prof. Jerome

S.Z. Sakall

Prof. Magenbruch

Tully Marshall

Prof. Robinson

Leonid Kinskey

Prof. Quintana

Richard Haydn

Prof. Oddly

Aubrey Mather

Prof. Peagram

Allen Jenkins

Garbage Man

Dana Andrews

Joe Lilac

Dan Duryea

Duke Pastrami

Ralph Peters

Asthma Anderson

Mary Field

Miss Totten

Alan Rhein

'Horseface'

Eddie Foster

Pinstripe

Aldrich Bowker

Justice of the Peace

Addison Richards

District Attorney

Kenneth Howell

College Boy

Tim Ryan

Motor Policeman

Gene Krupa

Himself — Orchestra Leader

Tommy Ryan

Newsboy

Will Lee

“Benny — the Creep”

George Barton

Garbage Man (uncredited)

Doria Caron

Girl in Subway (uncredited)

Ken Christy

Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)

Edward Clark

Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Deputy (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)

Lorraine Miller

Girl in Café (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Yvonne Duval

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Joyce Matthews

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Patsy Moran

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Mildred Morris

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Edward Mundy

Spieler (uncredited)

Gerald Pierce

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Lynne Roberts

Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)

Francis Sayles

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Helen Seamon

College Girl (uncredited)

George Sherwood

Deputy (uncredited)

Walter Shumway

Garbage Man (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Russell Wade

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Chalky Williams

Cop (uncredited)

Martha Tilton

Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)

John Alban

Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Tex Brodus

Passerby (uncredited)

Chet De Vito

Tollkeeper (uncredited)

Roy Eldridge

Trumpeter (uncredited)

Geraldine Fissette

Hula Dancer (uncredited)

Laura Gile

Date of Prof. Bertram Potts (uncredited)

George Golden

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Catherine Henderson

College Girl (uncredited)

June Horne

Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)

Merrillee Lannon

Girl in Subway (uncredited)

Jean MacMurray

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Hal McIntyre

Saxaphonist (uncredited)

Mike Morelli

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)