---
title: 'Ball of Fire (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1941-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ball-of-fire-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033373/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ball of Fire (1941)

1941 · 111 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Ball of Fire is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The Samuel Goldwyn Productions film concerns a group of professors laboring to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge. The supporting cast includes Oscar Homolka, S. Z. Sakall, Henry Travers, Richard Haydn, Dana Andrews, and Dan Duryea.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [Charles Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-brackett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gregg Toland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-toland)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [Kenneth Howell](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-howell)
- [Richard Haydn](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-haydn)
- [Dana Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-andrews)
- [Elisha Cook Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisha-cook-jr)
- [Gary Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-cooper)
- [Leonid Kinskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-kinskey)
- [Otto Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-hoffman)
- [Will Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-lee)
- [Kathleen Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-howard)
- [Oskar Homolka](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-homolka)
- [Pat Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-flaherty-2)
- [Henry Travers](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-travers)
- [Eddy Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddy-chandler)
- [Gene Krupa](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-krupa)
- [Tully Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/tully-marshall)

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