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Ball of Fire
1941Age guide: 7+
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Checked 11 Nov 2026 · Data: JustWatch
See it on the shelfA group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide…
★ 7.4/10 · 261 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Gary CooperProfessor Bertram Potts
Barbara StanwyckSugarpuss O’Shea
Oskar HomolkaProf. Gurkakoff
Henry TraversProf. Jerome
S.Z. SakallProf. Magenbruch
Tully MarshallProf. Robinson
Leonid KinskeyProf. Quintana
Richard HaydnProf. Oddly
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
CinemaSerf: This is a cracking little comedy with Gary Cooper as the unlikely boffin "Prof. Potts" who, alongside a group of equally eminent academics… Read full review