Some Like It Hot

Year:

1959

Duration:

120 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

8.3

Director:

Billy Wilder

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 13 wins & 9 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1959-03-29

Filming Locations: Coronado Beach, Coronado, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $2,883,848

Gross: $25,000,000 (USA) Rentals $8,300,000 (USA)

Cast

Actor

Character

Marilyn Monroe

Some Like It Hot

Tony Curtis

Joe

Jack Lemmon

Jerry

George Raft

Spats Colombo

Pat O'Brien

Det. Mulligan

Joe E. Brown

Osgood Fielding III

Nehemiah Persoff

Little Bonaparte

Joan Shawlee

Sweet Sue

Billy Gray

Sig Poliakoff

George E. Stone

Toothpick Charlie

Dave Barry

Beinstock

Mike Mazurki

Spats' Henchman

Harry Wilson

Spats' Henchman

Beverly Wills

Dolores

Barbara Drew

Nellie

Edward G. Robinson Jr.

Johnny Paradise

Sam Bagley

Extra (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Party Guest (uncredited)

Al Breneman

Bellhop (uncredited)

Ted Christy

Small Role (uncredited)

Marian Collier

Olga (uncredited)

Pat Comiskey

Spats' Henchman (uncredited)

James Dime

Gangster Convention Greeter (uncredited)

Joan Fields

Band Member (uncredited)

Duke Fishman

Gangster at Convention (uncredited)

Mary Foley

Band Member (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Funeral Director / Speakeasy Waiter (voice) (uncredited)

Jack Gordon

Gangster with Charlie (uncredited)

Joe Gray

Mobster at Banquet (uncredited)

Harold 'Tommy' Hart

Official #2 (uncredited)

Ted Hook

Official #1 (uncredited)

John Indrisano

Waiter (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Bouncer (uncredited)

George Lake

Small Role (uncredited)

John Logan

Small Role (uncredited)

Tiger Joe Marsh

Small Role (uncredited)

Jack Mather

Small Role (uncredited)

Jack McClure

Spats' Henchman (uncredited)

Penny McGuiggan

Trumpet Player (uncredited)

Laurie Mitchell

Small Role (uncredited)

Colleen O'Sullivan

Band Member (uncredited)

Joe Palma

Small Role (uncredited)

Helen Perry

Rosella (uncredited)

Danny Richards Jr.

Fresh Bellboy (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Old Man (uncredited)

Fred Sherman

Drunk (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

Small Role (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

Ralph Volkie

Small Role (uncredited)

Tito Vuolo

Mozzarella (uncredited)

Sandra Warner

Emily (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Small Role (uncredited)

Grace Lee Whitney

Band Member (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

According to Jack Lemmon, George Raft spent hours teaching him and Joe E. Brown how to tango.

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The last door Jerry and Joe open in the office building where they are looking for work says "Jules Stein, President" stenciled on the door. Jules Stein is a real person who founded the Music Corporation of America, also stenciled on the door. Billy Wilder played cards with Stein.

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Porgy and Bess (1959) was being filmed right next to where the indoor scenes for this film were being shot. Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge frequently visited the set.

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Goofs

At night, on the train, Sugar gets the curtains stuck between the ladder and the side of the berth. In the next shot she opens the curtains while on the ladder and without moving it.

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When we first see Sugar, we notice the seams of her stockings run a straight line up the middle of her calves. But, when she asks Daphne and Josephine a few minutes later if her seams are straight, they are no longer in a straight line nor up the middle of her calves.

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At the end of the tango, the band members yell "Olé", except for the trumpeter, who still has his trumpet up to his lips.

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Quotes

Sugar: I come from this musical family. My mother is a piano teacher and my father was a conductor.

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Mulligan: You shave with your spats on?

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Daphne: [in the berth, with the lady band members passing food around and a corkscrew's been brought] Girls, keep it down! You'll wake up the neighbours downstairs, now Josephine... WATCH THAT CORKSCREW!

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Faq

Q

Where do Joe and Jerry get the clothes, wigs, and makeup to dress up as girls?

A

Apparently, they were able to do exactly as Jerry suggested when they first heard about the gig, that is, borrow clothes from the girls in the chorus and get some secondhand wigs.

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Some Like It Hot can be found here.

Q

What is 'Some Like it Hot' about?

A

When two struggling Chicago musicians bass violinist Jerry (Jack Lemmon) and saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) accidentally witness the 1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre, they flee the state disguised as women in an all female band on its way to Florida. Now posing as Daphne (Jerry) and Josephine (Joe), they attempt to stay one step ahead of gangster Spats Colombo (George Raft) and his mob while Josephine attempts to woo curvy blonde ukelele player Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe) and Daphne finds himself the object of affection to millionaire Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown).

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