Ball of Fire [29884] Released: 1941-12-02 Revenue: $2,641,000 Budget: $0 Profit: $2,641,000 Runtime: 111 mins Popularity: 1.6773 Vote Average: 7.4 Vote Count: 218 Overview: 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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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. Cast [68] Gary CooperProfessor Bertra Barbara StanwyckSugarpuss O’Sh Oskar HomolkaProf. Gurkakoff Henry TraversProf. Jerome S.Z. SakallProf. Magenbruch Tully MarshallProf. Robinson Leonid KinskeyProf. Quintana Richard HaydnProf. Oddly Aubrey MatherProf. Peagram Allen JenkinsGarbage Man Dana AndrewsJoe Lilac Dan DuryeaDuke Pastrami Ralph PetersAsthma Anderson Kathleen HowardMiss Bragg Charles LaneLarsen Charles ArntMcNeary Elisha Cook Jr.Waiter Mary FieldMiss Totten Alan Rhein'Horseface' Eddie FosterPinstripe Aldrich BowkerJustice of the P Addison RichardsDistrict Attorne Kenneth HowellCollege Boy Tim RyanMotor Policeman Gene KrupaHimself — Orch Pat WestBum Tommy RyanNewsboy Will Lee“Benny — the George BartonGarbage Man Doria CaronGirl in Subway Ken ChristyCop with Ms. Bra Eddy ChandlerCop on Garbage T Edward ClarkMotor Court Prop Pat FlahertyDeputy Otto HoffmanStage Doorman Ethelreda LeopoldNursemaid at Par Lorraine MillerGirl in Café Ruth CliffordChorus Girl Yvonne DuvalChorus Girl Joyce MatthewsChorus Girl Patsy MoranChorus Girl Mildred MorrisChorus Girl Edward MundySpieler Gerald PierceDelivery Boy Lynne RobertsVeiled Woman in Francis SaylesTaxi Driver Helen SeamonCollege Girl George SherwoodDeputy Walter ShumwayGarbage Man Bert StevensNightclub Patron Russell WadeNightclub Patron Chalky WilliamsCop Martha TiltonSugarpuss O'Shea John AlbanBaseball Game Sp Tex BrodusPasserby Chet De VitoTollkeeper Roy EldridgeTrumpeter Geraldine FissetteHula Dancer Laura GileDate of Prof. Be George GoldenNightclub Patron Catherine HendersonCollege Girl June HorneNursemaid at Par Merrillee LannonGirl in Subway Jean MacMurrayChorus Girl Hal McIntyreSaxaphonist Mike MorelliPool Hall Patron William H. O'BrienBaseball Game Sp Jack PerryPool Hall Patron Trailers Ball of Fire (1941) Official Trailer - Barbara Stanwyck Movie