Some Like It Hot

Released Mar 1, 1959

2h 0m

Comedy

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95%

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73 Reviews

94%

Audience Score

50,000+ Ratings

After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band's sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.

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Critics Consensus

Some Like It Hot: A spry, quick-witted farce that never drags.

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James Jackson

Times (UK)

Nobody’s perfect, as the film’s immortal closing line has it, but some comedies are.

Aug 4, 2022

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Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

Kino gives Billy Wilders racy comic masterpiece its best-ever home video presentation, highlighting the films visual beauty alongside the taut perfection of its screenplay.

Feb 11, 2022

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Jack Moffitt

Hollywood Reporter

Some Like It Hot is another supersonic, breakneck, belly-laugh comedy that should be a block-busting bonanza at the box office.

Apr 2, 2020

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Peter Piatkowski

PopMatters

Jack Lemmon's judgment of Marilyn Monroe's comedic brilliance is validated on the silver screen.

Mar 2, 2024

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Jet Staff

Jet Magazine

Probably one of the year’s best prescriptions for banishing the blues is a rollicking new motion picture entitled Some Like It Hot.

Jan 16, 2024

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Moira Walsh

The Catholic World

Some Like It Hot is the wildest and wooliest comedy since Preston Sturges left Hollywood and the Marx Brothers disbanded as a team... Director (and co-author) Billy Wilder is one of the best in the business and knew exactly what he was doing.

Nov 28, 2023

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Google

Fabulous Classic! Thank goodness for The Prytania Theater for showing these fabulous movies!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/27/23

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Enaid

Hilarious! Fun! Costuming was gorgeous, Marilyn was beautiful and the "girls" on the run in hiding were often believable and masters of their game. I would go to see it again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/23

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Tony D

One of the top three Comedies of all time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/22/24

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Aender S

Great comedy which still holds up to these days.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/27/24

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annette Z

this is the best Monroe flick ever !!! I want to be loved by you alone Boop Boop be do

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/13/24

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Grumpy T

A near perfect movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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Billy Wilder

Director

Tony Curtis

Joe

Jack Lemmon

Jerry

Marilyn Monroe

Sugar Kane (Kowalczyk)

George Raft

Spats Colombo

Pat O'Brien

Mulligan

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Just Call Me Junior

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Us Girls Should Stick Together

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - A Thing For Sax Players

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Sugar Kane

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Sugar Meets the Millionaire

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Boy Oh Boy Am I a Boy

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Girl Musicians

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Nobody's Perfect

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Learning to Kiss

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Some Like It Hot: Official Clip - Party for Two

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Synopsis

After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band's sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.

Director: Billy Wilder
Producer: Billy Wilder
Screenwriter: I.A.L. Diamond, M. Logan, Robert Thoeren, Billy Wilder
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: United Artists, Ashton Productions, Mirisch Company
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 1, 1959, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 26, 2016
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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