1941 • NR • 1h 51m
7.4/10
(202 users) 
Overview
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. Whe 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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
7.4/10
(202 users) Cast / Crew 
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 
Howard Hawks Director 
Charles Brackett Screenplay 
Thomas Monroe Original Story 
Billy Wilder Original Story Billy Wilder Screenplay 
Edith Head Costume Design Earl Rettig Unit Manager Mel Berns Makeup Artist McClure Capps Assistant Art Director Frank Maher Sound Engineer Perry Ferguson Art Direction Howard Bristol Set Decoration 
Daniel Mandell Editor 
Samuel Goldwyn Producer William Tummel Assistant Director
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 Howard Hawks Director Charles Brackett Screenplay Thomas Monroe Original Story Billy Wilder Original Story Billy Wilder Screenplay Edith Head Costume Design Earl Rettig Unit Manager Mel Berns Makeup Artist McClure Capps Assistant Art Director Frank Maher Sound Engineer Perry Ferguson Art Direction Howard Bristol Set Decoration Daniel Mandell Editor Samuel Goldwyn Producer William Tummel Assistant Director 
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