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Billy Wilder Directs Some Like it Hot

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on BBC Two England

Starring
Marilyn Monroe Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon
Chicago 1920 - the pre-Depression, flapper era dominated by Prohibition, hot music and tough racketeers. When Joe and Jerry, two underemployed musicians, witness the St Valentine's Day
Massacre they nearly become victims themselves. The only escape is to join an all-girl jazz band heading for Florida. With Curtis and Lemmon in drag and Monroe as the tipsy, ukulele-playing Sugar this frenetic, spoof gangster movie is one of Hollywood's most inventive comedies.
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond from a story by R. Thoeren and M. Logan Produced by Billy Wilder
(Buddy Buddy Monday at 9 pm) Films: page 27
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Contributors

Writer:
R. Thoeren
Writer:
M. Logan
Screenwriter/director/producer:
Billy Wilder
Sugar:
Marilyn Monroe
Joe:
Tony Curtis
Jerry:
Jack Lemmon
Spats:
George Raft
Mulligan:
Pat O'Brien
Osgood:
Joe E Brown
Bonaparte:
Nehemiah Persoff
Sue:
Joan Shawlee
Poliakoff:
Billy Gray
Toothpick:
George E Stone
Beinstock:
Dave Barry
Source: Radio Times

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