Colpo di fulmine

Titolo originale: Ball of Fire

1941
T
1h 51min

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A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.

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Un gruppo di professori che lavorano ad una nuova enciclopedia incontrano una cantante di nightclub che viene ingaggiata dalla polizia per contribuire a catturare il suo amante, boss della m... Leggi tuttoUn gruppo di professori che lavorano ad una nuova enciclopedia incontrano una cantante di nightclub che viene ingaggiata dalla polizia per contribuire a catturare il suo amante, boss della mafia.Un gruppo di professori che lavorano ad una nuova enciclopedia incontrano una cantante di nightclub che viene ingaggiata dalla polizia per contribuire a catturare il suo amante, boss della mafia.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,7/10

14.494

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

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Candidato a 4 Oscar
- 1 vittoria e 4 candidature totali

Quiz
Kathleen Howard was left with a fractured jaw when the punch that Barbara Stanwyck threw accidentally made contact. Stanwyck was reportedly mortified by the incident.

Blooper
A cop on the Washington bridge checkpoint says that a professor's driving license was issued in 1903. Driving licenses have existed in the USA only since 1910.

Citazioni
[Professor Magenbrush says Sugarpuss has a slight rosiness at the back of her throat]
Sugarpuss O'Shea: SLIGHT rosiness? It's as red as The Daily Worker and just as sore!

Curiosità sui crediti
Opening credits prologue: Once upon a time - in 1941 to be exact - there lived in a great, tall forest - called New York - eight men who were writing an encyclopedia.

They were so wise they knew everything: the depth of the oceans, and what makes a glowworm glow, and what tune Nero fiddles while Rome was burning.

But there was one thing about which they knew very little - as you will see . . .

Connessioni
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)

Colonne sonore
Sweet Genevieve
(1869) (uncredited)
Music by Henry Tucker
Lyrics by George Cooper
Performed a cappella by the professors

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9/10

Great Cast, Dated-But-Fun Dialog

Wow, what a cast! Let's see, there's Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Haydn, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Tully Marshall, Dana Andrews, Allen Jenkins and more! Classic film fans know all these names.

What's more, it's a fun movie, fun to see and especially fun to hear. Stanwyck is her usual fascinating self, but in this movie it's the men - the seven old bachelors and the younger Cooper in the "club" - that are the most entertaining.

When you have directors and writers such as Howard Hawks and Billy Wilder behind the film, you know it's a winner.

Because the story dealt with a bunch of encyclopedia writers trying to find out the latest slang words, the dialog in here is really funny. The expressions of the day are dated and humorous and there are so many you can't count them all. Some are stupid; some are hilarious...which is what you get with most comedies anyway. Not every line hits the mark, but a lot do in this one.

Tack on some action and some romance and it's corny-but-cute film , entertaining all the way.