Some Like It Hot
Perhaps the funniest American film of the 1950's, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play two second rate musicians on the run from the Chicago mob, who take to dressing in drag. Marilyn Monroe plays Sugar, the singer in an all-female band, and Joe E Brown is an eccentric millionaire in love with Lemmon in drag.
Year: 1959
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Cult Films / After Dark, Classic Comedy, NYFCC Awards - Best Film, Transvestism, Classic Romance, Theo's Favourites
Country: USA
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E Brown
Duration: 122 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains sexual references.
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