Ball of Fire (1941)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Professor Bertram Potts

      Gary Cooper

    • Sugarpuss O'Shea

      Barbara Stanwyck

    • Professor Gurkakoff

      Oscar Homolka

    • Joe Lilac

      Dana Andrews

    • Duke Pastrami

      Dan Duryea

    • Professor Jerome

      Henry Travers

    • Profesor Magenbruch

      S.Z. Sakall

    • Professor Robinson

      Tully Marshall

    • Professor Quintana

      Leonid Kinskey

    • Professor Oddly

      Richard Haydn

    • Professor Peagram

      Aubrey Mather

    • garbage man

      Allen Jenkins

    • themselves

      Gene Krupa and his Orchestra

    • Asthma Anderson

      Ralph Peters

    • Miss Bragg

      Kathleen Howard

    • Miss Totten

      Mary Field

    • Larsen

      Charles Lane

    • McNeary

      Charles Arnt

    • waiter

      Elisha Cook Jr

    • 'Horseface'

      Rhein, Alan

    • pinstripe

      Eddie Foster

    • justice of the peace

      Aldrich Bowker

    • district attorney

      Addison Richards

    • bum

      Pat West

    • college boy

      Kenneth Howell

    • newsboy

      Tommy Ryan

    • motor cop

      Tim Ryan

    • 'Benny, the Creep'

      Will Lee

    • [stage doorman]

      Otto Hoffman

    • [spieler]

      Ed Mundy

    • [hula dancer]

      Geraldine Fissette

    • [nursemaid in park]

      June Horne

    • [nursemaid in park]

      Ethelreda Leopold

    • [garbageman]

      Walter Shumway

    • [garbageman]

      George Barton

    • [girl in subway]

      Merrilee Lannon

    • [girl in subway]

      Doria Caron

    • [college girl]

      Helen Seamon

    • [college girl]

      Catherine Henderson

    • [fighting bum]

      Jack Perry

    • [girl in cafe]

      Lorraine Miller

    • [chorus girl]

      Mildred Morris

    • [taxi driver]

      Francis Sayles

    • [delivery boy]

      Gerald Pierce

    • [toll keeper]

      Chet De Vito

    • [deputy]

      Pat Flaherty

    • [deputy]

      George Sherwood

    • [Irish gardener]

      Del Lawrence

    • [cop]

      Eddy Chandler

    • [cop]

      Lee Phelps

    • [cop]

      Kenneth Christy

    • [cop]

      Dick Rush

    • [cop]

      Oscar Chalkee Williams

    • [clerk for justice of peace]

      Johnnie Morris

    • [motor court proprietor]

      Edward Clark

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Howard Hawks

    • Assistant Director

      William Tummel

    Rights:

    • ©

      Samuel Goldwyn

    Production:

    • Samuel Goldwyn presents

      Samuel Goldwyn

    • Released through

      RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

    • Produced by

      Samuel Goldwyn

    Writing:

    • Screen Play by

      Charles Brackett

    • Screen Play by

      Billy Wilder

    • From an original story by

      Billy Wilder

    • From an original story by

      Thomas Monroe

    Photography:

    • Photography

      Gregg Toland

    Editing:

    • Film Editor

      Daniel Mandell

    Design:

    • Art Direction

      Perry Ferguson

    • Associate Art Director

      McClure Capps

    • Set Decorations

      Howard Bristol

    Costumes:

    • Miss [Barbara] Stanwyck's Costumes

      Edith Head

    Music:

    • Music

      Alfred Newman

    Sound:

    • Sound Technician

      Frank Maher

    • Sound System

      Western Electric Mirrophonic