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Ball of Fire

1942·1h 51m·Approved
RomanceComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.7/10
15,956 votes
Metascore
78
Metacritic

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while residing in a Manhattan mansion take in a sassy nightclub singer who the police need to help them bring down her mob-boss lover.

Ball of Fire is a 1942 romance comedy movie directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 15,956 votes and runs 1h 51m.

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Director
Howard Hawks
Stars
Gary Cooper
Barbara Stanwyck
Oscar Homolka
Henry Travers
Details
1942-01-09
111 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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