Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.2/10· 305K votes

Rotten Tomatoes95%

Metacritic98%

TMDb8.1/10· 4K votes

With 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.2/10 on IMDb and 98/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Some Like It Hot

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.

Cast of Some Like It Hot

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  Tony Curtis

  as Joe (Josephine)

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  Jack Lemmon

  as Jerry (Daphne)

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  Marilyn Monroe

  as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk

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  George Raft

  as Spats Colombo

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  Pat O'Brien

  as Detective Mulligan

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  Joe E. Brown

  as Osgood Fielding III

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  Nehemiah Persoff

  as Little Bonaparte

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  Joan Shawlee

  as Sweet Sue

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  Billy Gray

  as Sig Poliakoff

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  George E. Stone

  as Toothpick Charlie

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  Dave Barry

  as Beinstock

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  Mike Mazurki

  as Spats' Henchman

Some Like It Hot facts

Budget

$2.9M

Box office

$25M

Our take on Some Like It Hot

Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy is widely called the funniest ever made: two Chicago musicians witness a mob hit and flee disguised in an all-female band, where romance and chaos collide. Fizzing with innuendo, perfect timing and a legendary final line, it's screwball at its most fearless. If its wit and gender-bending mischief delighted you, seek out classic and modern comedies built on disguise, fast talk and impeccable farce.