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  • Some Like It Hot (1939)
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    65 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Some Like It Hot (1939)
Approved
65 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living ...See moreNicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game. Written by Les Adams See less
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Writers
Ben Hecht (play "The Great Magoo") | Gene Fowler (play "The Great Magoo") | Lewis R. Foster (screenplay) | Wilkie C. Mahoney (screenplay)
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Updated May 19, 1939

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May 19, 1939 (United States)

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28 cast members
Name Known for
Bob Hope
Nicky Nelson Nicky Nelson   See fewer
Shirley Ross
Lily Racquel Lily Racquel   See fewer
Una Merkel
Flo Saunders Flo Saunders   See fewer
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa Gene Krupa   See fewer
Rufe Davis
Stoney Stoney   See fewer
Bernard Nedell
Stephen Hanratty Stephen Hanratty   See fewer
Frank Sully
Sailor Burke Sailor Burke   See fewer
Bernadene Hayes
Miss Marble Miss Marble   See fewer
Richard Denning
Mr. Weems Mr. Weems   See fewer
Clarence Wilson
Mr. Ives (as Clarence H. Wilson) Mr. Ives (as Clarence H. Wilson)   See fewer
Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt
Bass Fiddler Bass Fiddler   See fewer
Edgar Dearing
MacCrady MacCrady   See fewer
J. Scott Smart
Joe (as Jack Smart) Joe (as Jack Smart)   See fewer
Sam Ash
Sam Ash (uncredited) Sam Ash (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry A. Bailey
Harry Bailey (uncredited) Harry Bailey (uncredited)   See fewer
Nora Cecil
Mrs. Beckett (uncredited) Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Chapin
Cook (uncredited) Cook (uncredited)   See fewer
Bobby Dease
Orchestra Member (uncredited) Orchestra Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Lillian Fitzgerald
Lillian Fitzgerald (uncredited) Lillian Fitzgerald (uncredited)   See fewer
Byron Foulger
Radio Announcer (uncredited) Radio Announcer (uncredited)   See fewer
Russell Hopton
Barker (uncredited) Barker (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie Kane
Man in Waiting Room (uncredited) Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)   See fewer
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
Orchestra (uncredited) Orchestra (uncredited)   See fewer
Tempe Pigott
Flower Woman (uncredited) Flower Woman (uncredited)   See fewer
Russ Powell
Pancake Man (uncredited) Pancake Man (uncredited)   See fewer
Pat West
Flo's Partner (uncredited) Flo's Partner (uncredited)   See fewer
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