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A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1941-12-02
- video_camera_front Companies Samuel Goldwyn Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
- timer Runtime: 111 Mins
- star Rating: 7.4 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0033373
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Gary Cooper
Professor Bertram Potts
Barbara Stanwyck
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Oskar Homolka
Prof. Gurkakoff
Henry Travers
Prof. Jerome
S.Z. Sakall
Prof. Magenbruch
Tully Marshall
Prof. Robinson
Leonid Kinskey
Prof. Quintana
Richard Haydn
Prof. Oddly
Aubrey Mather
Prof. Peagram
Allen Jenkins
Garbage Man
Dana Andrews
Joe Lilac
Dan Duryea
Duke Pastrami
Ralph Peters
Asthma Anderson
Kathleen Howard
Miss Bragg
Charles Lane
Larsen
Charles Arnt
McNeary
Elisha Cook Jr.
Waiter
Mary Field
Miss Totten
Alan Rhein
'Horseface'
Eddie Foster
Pinstripe
Aldrich Bowker
Justice of the Peace
Addison Richards
District Attorney
Kenneth Howell
College Boy
Tim Ryan
Motor Policeman
Gene Krupa
Himself — Orchestra Leader
Pat West
Bum
Tommy Ryan
Newsboy
Will Lee
“Benny — the Creep”
George Barton
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Doria Caron
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Deputy (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Lorraine Miller
Girl in Café (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Yvonne Duval
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Joyce Matthews
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Patsy Moran
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Mildred Morris
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Edward Mundy
Spieler (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Lynne Roberts
Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Helen Seamon
College Girl (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Deputy (uncredited)
Walter Shumway
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Russell Wade
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Chalky Williams
Cop (uncredited)
Martha Tilton
Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)
John Alban
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
Passerby (uncredited)
Chet De Vito
Tollkeeper (uncredited)
Roy Eldridge
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Geraldine Fissette
Hula Dancer (uncredited)
Laura Gile
Date of Prof. Bertram Potts (uncredited)
George Golden
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Catherine Henderson
College Girl (uncredited)
June Horne
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Merrillee Lannon
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Jean MacMurray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Hal McIntyre
Saxaphonist (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
groups Crew
Howard Hawks
Director
Charles Brackett
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Thomas Monroe
Original Story
Edith Head
Costume Design
Billy Wilder
Original Story
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
Earl Rettig
Unit Manager
McClure Capps
Assistant Art Director
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Perry Ferguson
Art Direction
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
William Tummel
Assistant Director
Frank Maher
Sound Engineer
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Samuel Goldwyn
Presenter
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
Marty Moss
Second Assistant Director
Arthur Rosson
Second Unit Director
John Sherwood
Assistant Director
Irving W. Sindler
Property Master
James V. Murray
Assistant Camera
Edith Head
Costumer
David Buttolph
Additional Music
Martha Tilton
Vocals
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