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- 1942
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
- 1942
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
Directed By: Howard Hawks
Written By: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
- 1942
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
- 1942
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
Ball of Fire
78
7.0
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Summary A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
Directed By: Howard Hawks
Written By: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
78
83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
78
83% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
17% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Boasts a classic screwball script by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. [10 May 1995, p.5D]
Terrific, crackling dialogue, especially in the slangy, machine-gun mouth of La Stanwyck.
Marvellous performance from Stanwyck, all snap, crackle and pop as the brassy nightclub entertainer Sugarpuss O'Shea.
One of the strangest riffs on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ever. Stanwyck is hot!
Howard Hawks's 1941 version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a delight.
It’s the sort of verbally dexterous farce you’d have to be a total Crabapple Annie not to enjoy.
A simple gag is hardly enough on which to string 110 minutes of film. And that's all - one funny situation - that Samuel Goldwyn's director and writers have to support Ball of Fire. It's sufficient, however, to provide quite a few chuckles.
User Score
Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.0
80% Positive
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
