"The movie too HOT for words!"

1959

2h 3m

8.1(3930 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Crime

Overview

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Tony Curtis

Joe (Josephine)

Jack Lemmon

Jerry (Daphne)

Marilyn Monroe

Sugar Kane Kowalczyk

George Raft

Spats Colombo

Pat O'Brien

Detective Mulligan

Joe E. Brown

Osgood Fielding III

Nehemiah Persoff

Little Bonaparte

Joan Shawlee

Sweet Sue

Billy Gray

Sig Poliakoff

George E. Stone

Toothpick Charlie

Creative team

Directed by: Billy Wilder
Written by: Billy Wilder
Robert Thoeren
Produced by: Billy Wilder

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