Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy movie directed by Billy Wilder, with a running time of 2h 3m. It stars Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe.
Fast, warm, and still one of the funniest films ever made. In Prohibition-era Chicago, broke musicians Joe and Jerry happen to witness a mob hit and need to vanish fast. Their solution: pull on wigs and dresses, become Josephine and Daphne, and join an all-girl band heading to Florida by train. Marilyn Monroe plays the band's singer, and Billy Wilder keeps the disguises, the gangsters, and the flirting spinning without a wasted second. It never winks too hard, and it lands every joke it sets up.
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What is Some Like It Hot about?
Fast, warm, and still one of the funniest films ever made. In Prohibition-era Chicago, broke musicians Joe and Jerry happen to witness a mob hit and need to vanish fast. Their solution: pull on wigs and dresses, become Josephine and Daphne, and join an all-girl band heading to Florida by train. Marilyn Monroe plays the band's singer, and Billy Wilder keeps the disguises, the gangsters, and the flirting spinning without a wasted second. It never winks too hard, and it lands every joke it sets up.
When was Some Like It Hot released?
Some Like It Hot was released on 19 March 1959.
How long is Some Like It Hot?
Some Like It Hot runs 2h 3m.
Who made Some Like It Hot?
Some Like It Hot was directed by Billy Wilder.
Where can I watch Some Like It Hot?
Some Like It Hot is available on MGM Plus, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, YouTube TV and fuboTV.
Where to watch Some Like It Hot
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Cast
- Tony Curtis as Joe (Josephine)
- Jack Lemmon as Jerry (Daphne)
- Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
- George Raft as Spats Colombo
- Pat O'Brien as Detective Mulligan
- Joe E. Brown as Osgood Fielding III
- Nehemiah Persoff as Little Bonaparte
- Joan Shawlee as Sweet Sue
- Billy Gray as Sig Poliakoff
- George E. Stone as Toothpick Charlie
- Dave Barry as Beinstock
- Mike Mazurki as Spats' Henchman
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A few thoughts on Some Like It Hot
For more crime played as caper, Baccano! runs Prohibition gangsters, doomed schemes, and a big ensemble at the same breakneck comic speed. Or try Only Murders in the Building, which shares the delight in ordinary people bluffing their way through a world of criminals with sharp comic timing.
Prohibition-era gangsters, speakeasies and jazz
Some Like It Hot kicks off when two broke musicians witness a mob hit in Prohibition Chicago and have to vanish. These picks live in that same bootleg-and-tommy-gun world, moving between speakeasies, crooked deals, and jazz-age glamour across the page and the screen. Crime and swing, from the years when both were illegal and everywhere.