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All movies seen on 05/08/2011

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Some Like It Hot (1959)

Directed by Billy Wilder

Comedy

Overview

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

Rated NR | Length 122 minutes

Actors

Tony Curtis | Jack Lemmon | Marilyn Monroe | George Raft | Pat O’Brien | Joe E. Brown | Nehemiah Persoff | Joan Shawlee | Billy Gray | George E. Stone | Dave Barry | Mike Mazurki | Harry Wilson | Beverly Wills | Barbara Drew | Edward G. Robinson Jr. | Sam Bagley | Alex Ball | Brandon Beach | Phil Bloom | Willie Bloom | Al Breneman | Steve Carruthers | James J. Casino | Noble Chissell | Beulah Christian | Ted Christy | Robert Cole | Marian Collier | Pat Comiskey | Bing Conley | Paul Cristo | James Dime | Franklyn Farnum | Duke Fishman | Mary Foley | George Ford | Paul Frees | Bobby Gilbert | Joseph Glick | Jack Gordon | Joe Gray | Stuart Hall | Sam Harris | Harold 'Tommy' Hart | William Hoehne Jr. | Shep Houghton | John Indrisano | Tom Kennedy | Joseph La Cava | George Lake | Carl M. Leviness | King Lockwood | Hank Mann | Tiger Joe Marsh | Jack Mather | Tipp McClure | Frank McLure | Laurie Mitchell | William H. O'Brien | Colleen O'Sullivan | Joe Palma | Helen Perry | Jack Perry | Danny Richards Jr. | Edwin Rochelle | John Roy | Cosmo Sardo | Scott Seaton | Sammy Shack | Fred Sherman | Carl Sklover | Bert Stevens | Arthur Tovey | Sid Troy | Ralph Volkie | Tito Vuolo | Sandra Warner | Billy Wayne | Grace Lee Whitney | Georgia Joan Hannan

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Getting back to my primary blindspot project (to watch all my unseen films in Flickchart’s Top 500) I queued Some Like It Hot (1959), rated 320 overall at Flickchart. This is Billy Wilder I love. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are so damn good even if it’s an often high suspension of belief to think they can pull off women in drag for so long unnoticed. Marilyn Monroe has some sweet scenes but it’s those two guys that make this great. Love that this was filmed on location at Hotel del Coronado!

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