Some Like It Hot (1959)

  • NR
  • 03/19/1959 (US)
  • Comedy, Romance, Crime
  • 2h 2m

The movie too HOT for words!

Overview

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

Billy Wilder

Director, Screenplay

Michael Logan

Story

Robert Thoeren

Story

I. A. L. Diamond

Screenplay

Cast

Tony Curtis's headshot

Tony Curtis

Joe (Josephine)
Jack Lemmon's headshot

Jack Lemmon

Jerry (Daphne)
Marilyn Monroe's headshot

Marilyn Monroe

Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
George Raft's headshot

George Raft

Spats Colombo
Pat O'Brien's headshot

Pat O'Brien

Detective Mulligan
Joe E. Brown's headshot

Joe E. Brown

Osgood Fielding III
Nehemiah Persoff's headshot

Nehemiah Persoff

Little Bonaparte
Joan Shawlee's headshot

Joan Shawlee

Sweet Sue

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