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Some Like It Hot (1959) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy [ 4 ] film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and Nehemiah Persoff in supporting roles.
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 ...
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Some Like It Hot, American screwball comedy film, released in 1959, that is considered one of best in that genre. Some Like It Hot featured Marilyn Monroe as a “dumb blonde” and Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as women.
Curtis and Lemmon played down-on-their luck musicians who are marked for death by a gangster after they accidentally witness a gangland killing, which was based on the real St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. To hide from the mob, the pair pose as members of a traveling women’s band. They quickly become infatuated with the lead singer (played by Monroe), who fails to realize that her bandmates are actually men masquerading as women.
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•Studio: United Artists
•Director and producer: Billy Wilder
•Writers: Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
•Music: Adolph Deutsch
•Marilyn Monroe (Sugar Kane)
•Tony Curtis (Joe/Josephine)
•Jack Lemmon (Jerry/Daphne)
•George Raft (Spats)
•Pat O’Brien (Detective Mulligan)
•Joe E. Brown (Osgood Fielding III)
•Director
•Screenplay, Adapted
•Cinematography (black and white)
•Art direction–set decoration (black and white)
•Costume design*
•Lead actor (Jack Lemmon)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Musicians Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon go on the lam from the Chicago mob, cross-dressing to escape with an all-girl band and creating a situation where luscious Marilyn Monroe doesn’t know if she’s falling for a playboy (Curtis) or a playgirl.
Some Like It Hot - Full Cast & Crew. 98 Metascore. 1959. 1 hr 45 mins. Music, Comedy. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star in Billy Wilder's...
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Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and Nehemiah Persoff in supporting roles.
