Some Like It Hot (1959)

Overview

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.

English
😂Comedy
🕵Crime
❤Romance

Released

19th March 1959

67 years ago

Runtime

2 hours 3 minutes

Finishes at 7:15pm

Budget

$2,900,000 ($32,637,760 today)

Revenue $25,000,000

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Written by

Billy Wilder, Robert Thoeren, Michael Logan, I. A. L. Diamond

Ratings and awards

Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 13 nominations total

8.2/10
95%
98%
81%
89%

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Some Like It Hot

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