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Ball of Fire starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers has a NR rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min, and a scheduled release date of January 9th, 1942.
It received a user score of 73/100 on TMDb, which put together reviews from 228 knowledgeable users.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay."
'Ball of Fire' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Plex Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Apple TV, Prime Video, Prime Video, Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus, YouTube Free, Peacock Premium, Fandango At Home, and Hoopla .
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