Ball of Fire

Hoping to update his chapter on modern slang, encyclopedia writer Professor Bertram Potts ventures into a chic nightclub. Inside, he meets the snarky burlesque performer ''Sugarpuss'' O'Shea . Fascinated by her command of popular jargon, Potts invites her to stay with him. But, unknown to Potts, she is the fiancée of a mobster and wanted by the police. In the ensuing mayhem, Potts must stay on his toes or be swallowed up by bigger fish.

Cast :

• Gary Cooper
• Prof. Bertram Potts

• Barbara Stanwyck
• Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea

• Dana Andrews
• Joe Lilac

• Oscar Homolka
• Prof. Gurkakoff (Mathematics)

• Dan Duryea
• Duke Pastrami

• S.Z. Sakall
• Prof. Magenbruch

• Richard Haydn
• Prof. Oddly (Botany)

• Henry Travers
• Prof. Jerome (History)

• Tully Marshall
• Prof. Robinson (Law)

• Gene Krupa
• Orchestra leader