Some Like It Hot (1959)

When a speakeasy gig turns into a gang execution in 1929 Chicago, musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) find themselves on the run as witnesses in Billy Wilder’s raucous Some Like it Hot. The only ticket out of town for musicians is with an all-woman band enroute to a three-week gig in Florida, so naturally, the men disguise themselves as Josephine and Daphne and join them. Their bandmates make it increasingly difficult to stay in character, especially singer and ukulele player Sugar Kane Kowalcyzk (Marilyn Monroe) who is simply happy to find some confidants willing to break the band’s no liquor rule with her. Once in Florida, Joe assumes yet another identity as shy heir Junior to romance Sugar, while Jerry’s alter ego Daphne is the reluctant object of affection for millionaire Osgood Fielding (Joe E. Brown). In a case of terrible timing, a gathering of mafia bosses, including the one Joe and Jerry are attempting to escape, are also in Florida, and their cover is blown. Now all they can do is hope to survive long enough to find love.

Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon

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