After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
- Director
- Writers
- Billy Wilder(screenplay)
- I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
- Robert Thoeren(suggested by a story by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Billy Wilder(screenplay)
- I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
- Robert Thoeren(suggested by a story by)
- Stars
- Won 1 Oscar
- 15 wins & 15 nominations total
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Sam Bagley
- Minor Roleas Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Party Guestas Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Billy Wilder(screenplay)
- I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
- Robert Thoeren(suggested by a story by)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
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- TriviaJack Lemmon wrote that the first sneak preview had a bad reaction with many audience walkouts. Many studio personnel and agents offered advice to Billy Wilder on what scenes to reshoot, add and cut. Lemmon asked Wilder what he was going to do. Wilder responded: "Why, nothing. This is a very funny movie and I believe in it just as it is. Maybe this is the wrong neighborhood in which to have shown it. At any rate, I don't panic over one preview. It's a hell of a movie." Wilder held the next preview in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, and the audience stood up and cheered.
- GoofsOsgood makes a ship-to-shore phone call using a Hallicrafters Model S-20R which came out in 1939. Also this radio is only a receiver and not a two-way radio.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Jerry: Oh no you don't! Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all.
Osgood: Why not?
Jerry: Well, in the first place, I'm not a natural blonde.
Osgood: Doesn't matter.
Jerry: I smoke! I smoke all the time!
Osgood: I don't care.
Jerry: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player.
Osgood: I forgive you.
Jerry: [tragically] I can never have children!
Osgood: We can adopt some.
Jerry: But you don't understand, Osgood! Ohh...
[Jerry finally gives up and pulls off his wig]
Jerry: [normal voice] I'm a man!
Osgood: [shrugs] Well, nobody's perfect!
[Jerry looks on with disbelief as Osgood continues smiling with indifference. Fade out]
- Alternate versionsVideo version contains extended exit music after the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into Vida conyugal sana (1974)
- SoundtracksRunnin' Wild
(1922) (uncredited)
Music by A.H. Gibbs
Lyrics by Joe Grey and Leo Wood
Played during the opening credits
Played by the girls on the train and Performed by Marilyn Monroe
Performed also a capella by Tony Curtis
Gene Cipriano (tenor sax for Tony Curtis) and Al Hendrickson (ukulele for Marilyn Monroe)
Top review
One of the Best Comedies of the Cinema History
In 1929, in Chicago, the musicians and friends Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) flees from the night-club where they are playing during a police raid. Without any money, they seek a job position for saxophone and bass players in another band and they are invited to play in a concert for one night only in a distant town. Joe borrows the car of a former girlfriend to travel and when they arrive in the parking garage, they witness the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" led by the infamous mobster Spats Columbo (George Raft). The criminals discover Joe and Jerry hidden in a corner and when the killers are ready to execute them, they succeed to escape. Joe and Jerry disguise, dressing like women and they head to Florida by train with an all-girl band using the names of Josephine and Daphne. They get close to singer Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe) and Joe falls in love with her but she believes he is a woman. Meanwhile the millionaire Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown) harasses Daphne inviting her to visit his yacht. When Spats and his henchmen arrive in the same hotel where Joe and Jerry are lodged for a mafia convention, the two musicians feel that they are in a dangerous situation.
Yesterday Tony Curtis died and I decided to watch "Some Like it Hot" again. This film is another masterpiece of Billy Wilder and certainly one of the best comedies of the cinema history. Jack Lemmon is hilarious and responsible for some of the funniest moments especially when Osgood flirts with Daphne. Marilyn Monroe performs the perfect dumb blonde stereotype. Last time I had seen this movie was on 18 August 2000. My vote is ten.
Title (Brazil): "Quanto Mais Quente Melhor" ("The Hotter, the Better")
Yesterday Tony Curtis died and I decided to watch "Some Like it Hot" again. This film is another masterpiece of Billy Wilder and certainly one of the best comedies of the cinema history. Jack Lemmon is hilarious and responsible for some of the funniest moments especially when Osgood flirts with Daphne. Marilyn Monroe performs the perfect dumb blonde stereotype. Last time I had seen this movie was on 18 August 2000. My vote is ten.
Title (Brazil): "Quanto Mais Quente Melhor" ("The Hotter, the Better")
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- Not Tonight, Josephine!
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- $2,883,848 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $195,088
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
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- 1.85 : 1
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