Some Like It Hot (1959)

43 Ratings: 4.4

Classics and Comedy movie directed by Billy Wilder

Maybe "nobody's perfect," as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, andSome Like It Hotis one of them. In Chicago, during the Prohibition era, two skirt-chasing musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Comedy Movies

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, George Raft, Marilyn Monroe, Pat O'Brien

Director: Billy Wilder

Genre: Classics

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Quick Tip by MissFelicia. July 21, 2010

A Quick Tip by MissFelicia

Boys dressing up as women to woo a lady. Hillarious and sweet, plus Marilyn Monroe, nothing gets better than watching her on television.

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review by Robert1936. July 16, 2003

posted in Movie Hype

Sizzling Hilarity

This film is automatically on any list of greatest comedies and is, in fact, ranked #14 among the American Film Institute's of "America's Greatest Movies," period. Although nominated for seven Academy Awards, it received only one (Orry-Kelly deservedly for Best Costume Design) which I think is ridiculous. This may well be Wilder's greatest achievement. It has lost nothing since first released in 1959. The basic situation is that two struggling musicians, Joe (Curtis) and Jerry (Lemon) inadvertently … more

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