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Billy Wilder's classic cross-dressing comedy, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Two musicians witness the St Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929 and are forced to flee Chicago in drag with an all-girl band, headed for Florida. Despite some hair-raising near-misses, the pair manage to carry off their disguises, but complications arise when both men fall for the band's singer. Not only that but an amorous, rich and elderly playboy falls for one of the men, and refuses to take no for an answer.

Keywords:

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance, Music, Classic, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Actor Nominee

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1959) (USA) (5 Star)

Cast:

Marilyn Monroe	.... Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Tony Curtis	.... Joe/Josephine/Junior
Jack Lemmon	.... Jerry/Daphne
George Raft	.... Spats Colombo
Pat O'Brien	.... Mulligan

Supporting Cast:

Joe E. Brown	.... Osgood Fielding III
Nehemiah Persoff	.... Little Bonaparte
Joan Shawlee	.... Sweet Sue
Billy Gray	.... Sig Poliakoff
George E. Stone	.... Toothpick Charlie
Dave Barry	.... Beinstock
Mike Mazurki	.... Spats' henchman
Harry Wilson	.... Spats' henchman
Beverly Wills	.... Dolores
Barbara Drew	.... Nellie

Directors:

Billy Wilder

Writers:

I.A.L. Diamond
Billy Wilder

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