---
title: 'Some Like It Hot (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Wilder'
released: '1959-03-19'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/some-like-it-hot-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Some Like It Hot (1959)

1959 · 120 min · Drama, Music, Crime, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy film produced, co-written and directed by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and Nehemiah Persoff in supporting roles. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love. Set in the Prohibition era, the film is about two musicians who disguise themselves as women to escape Chicago mobsters they witnessed commit murder.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [Robert Thoeren](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-thoeren), [I. A. L. Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/i-a-l-diamond)
- **Producer:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Adolph Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-deutsch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lang)
- **Editor:** [Arthur P. Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-p-schmidt)

## Cast

- [Dave Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-barry)
- [George E. Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-e-stone)
- [Tom Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-kennedy)
- [Joe E. Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-e-brown)
- [Harry Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-wilson)
- [Tony Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curtis)
- [Hank Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-mann)
- [Joan Shawlee](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-shawlee)
- [Pat O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-o-brien)
- [Joe Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-gray)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Harry Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-wilson-2)
- [Edward G. Robinson Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-g-robinson-jr)
- [Mike Mazurki](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-mazurki)
- [George Raft](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-raft)

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