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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Comedy · Romance · Crime · 1959

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

Movie details

Some Like It Hot

“The movie too HOT for words!”

1959 Comedy · Romance · Crime 2h 3m

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8.1 / 10

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In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Written by

Billy Wilder · Michael Logan · Robert Thoeren · I. A. L. Diamond

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Joe (Josephine)

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Jerry (Daphne)

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Sugar Kane Kowalczyk

George Raft

George Raft

Spats Colombo

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Detective Mulligan

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Osgood Fielding III

Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff

Little Bonaparte

Court is in session

Put Some Like It Hot on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.