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About
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
Theatrical
Mar 19, 1959
Box Office
$25.0M
Budget
$2.9M
Return
8.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 20, 2018
Theaters
2
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
The Mirisch Company
Keywords
transvestism
chicago, illinois
florida
fake identity
musician
deception
mafia
on the run
cross dressing
black and white
train
witness to murder
buddy
screwball comedy
spats
all girl band
st. valentine's day massacre
valentine's day
sex comedy
mob hit
man in drag
double identity
south florida
cheerful
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Quotes
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Taglines
Marilyn Monroe and her bosom companions
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A Movie Too Hot for Words
Taglines
The movie too HOT for words!
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Cast
Full credits →T
Tony Curtis
Joe (Josephine)
J
Jack Lemmon
Jerry (Daphne)
M
Marilyn Monroe
Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
G
George Raft
Spats Colombo
P
Pat O'Brien
Detective Mulligan
J
Joe E. Brown
Osgood Fielding III
N
Nehemiah Persoff
Little Bonaparte
J
Joan Shawlee
Sweet Sue
G
George E. Stone
Toothpick Charlie
D
Dave Barry
Beinstock
M
Mike Mazurki
Spats' Henchman
H
Harry Wilson
Spats' Henchman
B
Beverly Wills
Dolores
E
Edward G. Robinson Jr.
Johnny Paradise
G
Georgia Joan Hannan
Band Member (uncredited)
T
Tom Kennedy
Bouncer (uncredited)
E
Edwin Rochelle
Chef (uncredited)
R
Robert Cole
Club Patron (uncredited)
S
Sammy Shack
Commuter at Station (uncredited)
F
Fred Sherman
Drunk (uncredited)
