DVD 111 IMDB 7.9

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#508

Comedy, Romance

Barbara Stanwyck	Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea
Gary Cooper	Prof. Bertram Potts
Oskar Homolka	Prof. Gurkakoff
Henry Travers	Prof. Jerome
S.Z. Sakall	Prof. Magenbruch
Tully Marshall	Prof. Robinson
Leonid Kinskey	Prof. Quintana
Richard Haydn	Prof. Oddly
Aubrey Mather	Prof. Peagram
Allen Jenkins	Garbageman

Director	Howard Hawks
Producer	Samuel Goldwyn
Writer	Billy Wilder; Charles Brackett
Cinematography	Gregg Toland
Musician	Alfred Newman

Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck headline this "scintillating romantic comedy classic" (Los Angeles Times) from master director Howard Hawks and esteemed writers Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder! Nominated for four Oscars®, this fast-paced, lighthearted entertainment about eight stuffy professors and a sexy singer on the lam from the mob is "a pure delight" (The Hollywood Reporter)!

Once upon a time, a band of scholars set out to write a new encyclopedia. By their ninth year, the grumpy grammarian of the group, Bertram Potts (Cooper), is up to "S" for slang. In order to brush up on modern lingo, the professor decides to attend a bawdy nightclub, where he meets Sugarpuss O'Shea (Stanwyck), a burlesque queen who spices up his language and steals his heart. But Bertram soon discovers he's not the only one in hot pursuit of Sugarpuss... and now he and his gang of professors must outwit the mob (!)... or she might not live to see happily ever after!